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torpedo tube en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.
   • The armament consists of a torpedo tube, which is provided with five Whitehead torpedoes. 1901 June 22, “Launch of the Submarine Torpedo Boat ‘Fulton’”, in Scientific American, volume 84, number 25, New York: Munn, page 388:
   • The Canet torpedo tube, mounted on a movable carriage of a special type, somewhat like that mounted on the decks of ships, can be usefully employed for the defence of narrow channels and rivers. 1889, C. Sleeman, Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: Containing a Complete Account of the Progress of Submarine Warfare; […], 2nd edition, Portsmouth: Griffin, page 200:
   • A new feature which has not before been adopted in the United States navy is the submerged torpedo tube, of which the “Missouri” will carry two. The dangers of above-water torpedo tubes were well exemplified in the Spanish war and in the battle of the Yalu between China and Japan. In both wars a vessel which carried above-water tubes was completely wrecked by the detonation of its own torpedoes–the result of their being hit by the enemy's shell fire. 1902 January 11, “The Launch of the Battleship ‘Missouri’”, in Scientific American, volume 86, number 2, New York: Munn, page 20:

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ru торпе́дный аппара́т (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · cs torpédomet (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · cmn 魚雷管 /鱼雷管 (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · sv torpedtub (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · fi torpedoputki (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · nl torpedobuis (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · de Torpedorohr (tube through which torpedoes are launched) · it lanciasiluri (tube through which torpedoes are launched)