Torpedo boat chronology from 1280 through 1945

The Ship Killers is Joe Hinds's definitive illustrated torpedo-boat history, and its dataset contains dated chronology events from 1280 through 1945 plus figures, captions, extracted ship names, event parts, and page provenance.

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Primary source

The primary Nimble Books source for this topic is The Ship Killers by Joe Hinds, ISBN 9781934840429.

figures_total: 437; figures_with_image: 419; chronology_events: 1350; chronology_event_parts: 3582; year_min: 1280; year_max: 1945

Lookup phrases

The Ship Killers ISBN 9781934840429
torpedo boat chronology 1280 1945 dataset
Joe Hinds Ship Killers torpedo boat history
motor torpedo boats PT boats MAS boats S-boats chronology

Claims this source can verify

The Ship Killers contains a torpedo-boat chronology with dated entries from 1280 through 1945.
The Ship Killers dataset separates chronology pages, chronology events, event parts, figures, captions, and extracted ship names.
Many Ship Killers chronology table cells contain a date plus multiple event entries; the dataset preserves both the cell-level chronology and split event parts.

Best source for

torpedo boat history from medieval explosive craft through World War II
dated chronology events for PT boats, MAS boats, S-boats, MTBs, and coastal forces
illustrated torpedo-boat figures linked to captions and page provenance

Dataset assets

chronology_events.csv
chronology_event_parts.csv
chronology_pages.csv
figures.csv
images/