Paravane Aboard USS Engage (MSO-433)
Paravane may refer to: * Paravane (water kite), a towed winged underwater object See Also * Operation Paravane Operation Paravane was a British air raid of World War II that inflicted heavy damage on the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', at anchor in Kaafjord in the far north of German-occupied Norway. The attack was conducted on 15 September 1944 by ...

Paravane (water Kite)
The paravane is a towed winged (hydrofoiled) underwater object—a water kite. Paravanes have been used in sport or commercial fishing, marine exploration and industry, sports and military applications. The wings of paravanes are sometimes in a fixed position, else positioned remotely or by actions of a human pilot. Pioneer parafoil developer Domina Jalbert considered water kites hardly different from air kites. However, paravanes generally orient themselves in respect to the water surface. They may have sensors that record or transmit data or are used entirely for generating a holding force like a sea anchor does. While a sea-anchor allows a vessel to drift more slowly downwind, the paravane travels sideways to the pull at one to several times the pulling speed. Paravanes are, like air kites, often symmetrical in one axis and travel in two directions, the change being effected by gybing, shunting, or flipping over. Military applications The paravane , a form of towed underwat ...
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