I don't get your drift, Davebender. I mention the British attack on Taranto as an influencing factor in German weapons procurement, not that the Germans would be using the modified FW 190A-5 to attack one of their allies ports.(?) The Taranto attack was an influence in Japanese planning of the Pearl Harbor Operation Z attack of 12/07/41.
What I wish to understand by my line of enquiry is what specific mission the developers had in mind when modifiying the FW 190 as a torpedo carrier. Perhaps raids on British Ports or in support of Operation Silver Fox in Russia. The development of the FW 190 as an naval weapon did not progress beyond a few prototypes, but the fact that it made it that far implies a mission objective that might be in records somewhere. Regards