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Torpedo tube   /tɔrpˈidˌoʊ tub/   Listen
Torpedo tube

noun
1.
A tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired.





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"Torpedo tube" Quotes from Famous Books



... the following circumstances: It takes, on an average, a minute for a torpedo to reach its mark, after it leaves the torpedo tube. The officer in the tower is in a position where he can see the effect of the shot. If the torpedo struck, however favorable the blow, it would take at least fifteen or twenty minutes for the ship to go down. Sometimes ...
— The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet • Kenneth Ward
... feet long by 11 feet 3 inches wide and draw 3 feet 3 inches of water. Each boat carries three of the 8-cylinder 6-3/4 x 7-3/4 Duesenberg, 350 to 400 horsepower motors. The boats carry an 18-inch torpedo tube amidships and a 47-millimetre rapid-fire gun on the forward deck. They are controlled from the bridge deck with a sheltered cabin for the quartermaster, with controls from either the shelter or bridge deck. They have a guaranteed speed of ...
— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller
... use, as they could not with safety discharge their torpedoes. In fact, the search lights discovered distinctly that one of the boats, which burned her Coston's signal to announce victory, did not have her torpedo tube open, on account of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 • Various


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