Actually they were called “String Bags” because, like the traditional British shopping bag, they could carry anything. Torpedoes, bombs, depth charges, searchlights, ASV radar, tactical nukes. Well maybe not the nukes, but you get the idea. They were supposed to be replaced by the Fairey Albacore. In the event, the Albacore so monumentally bad that it was eventually taken out of service, and replaced by the . . . . Swordfish.
True indeed but look at the thing. It’s a wonder it stayed in the air.