[PAR] [TLE] Torpedo boat [SEP] A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle.  The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes.  They were created to counter battleships and other slow and heavily armed ships by using speed, agility, and the power of their torpedo weapons.  A number of inexpensive torpedo boats attacking en masse could overwhelm a larger ship's ability to fight them off using its large but cumbersome guns.  An inexpensive fleet of torpedo boats could pose a threat to much larger and more expensive fleets of capital ships, albeit only in the coastal areas to which their small size and limited fuel load restricted them. [PAR] [TLE] Metel [SEP] ""Metel"" (from Russian: "Метель" - "Blizzard") was a Guards Torpedo boat, Storm class, of the Soviet Navy.  Commissioned in 1934, it was attached to the Pacific Fleet.  During World War II the ship fought mainly against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Far East.  On August 26, 1945 it acquired guards status and the ship's commander, Captain-Lieutenant L. N. Balyakin, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on September 14.
[PAR] [TLE] Torpedo boat [ SEP ] A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle . The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes , and later designs launched self - propelled Whitehead torpedoes . They were created to counter battleships and other slow and heavily armed ships by using speed , agility , and the power of their torpedo weapons . A number of inexpensive torpedo boats attacking en masse could overwhelm a larger ship 's ability to fight them off using its large but cumbersome guns . An inexpensive fleet of torpedo boats could pose a threat to much larger and more expensive fleets of capital ships , albeit only in the coastal areas to which their small size and limited fuel load restricted them . [PAR] [TLE] Metel [ SEP ] " " Metel " " ( from Russian : " Метель " - " Blizzard " ) was a Guards Torpedo boat , Storm class , of the Soviet Navy . Commissioned in 1934 , it was attached to the Pacific Fleet . During World War II the ship fought mainly against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Far East . On August 26 , 1945 it acquired guards status and the ship 's commander , Captain - Lieutenant L. N. Balyakin , was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on September 14 .
What Navy commissioned the Metel, a fast naval ship carring torpedoes?
What Navy commissioned the Metel , a fast naval ship carring torpedoes ?
Soviet Navy
Soviet Navy