Group: soc.history.war.world-war-ii
From: Bill Shatzer
Date: Friday, March 28, 2008 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: What if: US subs had good torps in WW2

redvet wrote:
>>Fish for Torpedo was a solely American word anyway,
>>not used by British or other English-speaking submariners.

> Did the Canadian submariners have a different slang expression for
> torpedos?

SFAIK, there were no Canadian submariners.

I don't think the RCN had any submarines during WW2.

> What was it? What was the British sailors slang for it? -

Well, I've heard of "kipper" being used but SFAIK, "fish" or "tinfish"
were the most common slang terms for torpedoes among RN types.

Cheers,