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Torpedo boat   /tɔrpˈidˌoʊ boʊt/   Listen
Torpedo boat

noun
1.
Small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters.



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motor torpedo boat


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"Torpedo boat" Quotes from Famous Books



... destination—the motor of the Antoinette monoplane failed suddenly, and the aviator could do nothing but plane down into the water. On the first occasion he alighted neatly, suffering no injury, and being rescued by a torpedo boat; but in the second descent, striking the water hard, he was thrown forward in his seat and his head ...
— Learning to Fly - A Practical Manual for Beginners • Claude Grahame-White
... and Navy Journal thinks the problem of a torpedo boat capable of firing rapidly and with certainty, has at length reached a satisfactory ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various


Words linked to "Torpedo boat" :   mosquito boat, war vessel, PT boat, mosquito craft, warship, combat ship, motor torpedo boat


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