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torpedo tubes

torpedo tubes is the plural of torpedo tube.

Meaning of torpedo tube

Noun

torpedo tube (plural torpedo tubes)

  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 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

Questions about torpedo tubes

What is torpedo tubes the plural of?
Torpedo tubes is the plural of torpedo tube.

Words near torpedo tubes in the dictionary

  1. torpedo skate
  2. torpedo skates
  3. torpedo stern
  4. torpedo sterns
  5. torpedo tube
  6. torpedo tubes
  7. torpedo-boat
  8. torpedo-boat destroyer
  9. torpedo-boat destroyers
  10. torpedo-boats
  11. torpedo-ram

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