Military history records three operations named Harpoon.
1. The overall plan for two convoys in the Mediterranean. One convoy (Operation Vigorous) left Alexandria for Gibraltar by way of Malta. The second, (Operation Harpoon} went in the opposite direction. The convoys met with fierce Axis opposition and only two of seventeen merchant ships complete the journey. Executed in mid-June 1942. Followed by Operation Pedestal Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport For other uses, see Alexandria (disambiguation). ... British shells fall astern of the Italian light cruiser Muzio Attendolo during the battle Operation Pedestal was an attempt to get vital supplies to the island of Malta during World War II. The convoy is also known as the Battle of Mid-August and in Malta as the Santa Marija...
2. Operation Harpune was the major German deception plan of 1941. This operation falsely portrayed as inevitable the invasion of England Operation Seelowe]] while concealing preparation for war with the Soviet Union (Operation Bararossa Harpune had two parts, Harpune Sus (Harpoon South) operated from the French channel ports, while Harpune Nord (Harpoon North) did the same in Scandinavia.
3. The Canadian contribution to the American-led effort in Afghanistan starting in 2002. The deployment centered on the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment.
Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 action waged by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of an American warship.
By the end of the operation elements of the American fleet had damaged Iranian naval and intelligence facilities on two inoperable oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, and sank at least six armed Iranian speedboats.
Operation Praying Mantis is one of five American naval engagements cited by United States Naval Academy Prof.
Harpoons are used to capture whales, which are then commonly killed by driving a lance into the vital parts.
Harpoons may be thrown by hand or fired from guns.
A later invention is a harpoon propelled by air pressure with a valve that opens as it strikes, thus admitting air to hasten the whale's death and keep it afloat.
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