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Definition of Torpedo tube
1. Noun. A tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired.
Definition of Torpedo tube
1. Noun. (nautical) The tube, through the hull of a submarine, though which torpedoes are launched ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Torpedo Tube
Literary usage of Torpedo tube
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"torpedo tube. discharge. From the earliest days of the weapon this has been
employed to some extent. But it was principally in the direction of right-ahead ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1900)
"The armament consists of one 14-inch Whitehead torpedo-tube built into the bow
above the water; one revolving torpedo-tube on deck, about one-third of the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The advantage of cordite over compressed air for impulse is that tt requires no
attention : when a charge FIG. 3.— Broadside Submerged i8-in. torpedo tube. ..."
4. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1900)
"One revolving torpedo tube on deck about one-third of the length of the vessel
aft of the stem. This tube revolves about an axis in the middle line of the ..."
5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1886)
"Forward of this is a bullet-proof tower, from inside which the officer in command
directs the movements of his vessel, and in which also is the torpedo-tube ..."
6. Before Port Arthur in a Destroyer: The Personal Diary of a Japanese Naval by Hesibo Tikowara, Robert Francis Sidney Grant (1907)
"I have now repaired the damage to my torpedo- tube, and my boat is again ready
to fight. We cruised about all night in the straits without seeing even the ..."
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