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• torpedo — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. projectile, underwater missile, fish*, whale*, flying pig*; see also weapon 1 . Types of torpedoes include: aerial torpedo, submarine torpedo, jet torpedo, mechanical torpedo, radio controlled torpedo, projectile, missile,… …   English dictionary for students

• Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… …   Wikipedia

• Controlled mines — A Controlled Mine was a circuit fired weapon used in coastal defenses with ancestry going back to 1805 when Robert Fulton termed his underwater explosive device a torpedo: Robert Fulton invented the word torpedo to describe his underwater… …   Wikipedia

• torpedo — torpedolike, adj. /tawr pee doh/, n., pl. torpedoes, v., torpedoed, torpedoing. n. 1. a self propelled, cigar shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying …   Universalium

• Brennan torpedo — The Brennan torpedo, patented by Irish born Australian inventor Louis Brennan in 1877, was powered by two contra rotating propellors that were spun by rapidly pulling out wires from drums wound inside the torpedo. Differential speed on the wires… …   Wikipedia

• Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 — This article is about the boat. For the song, see PT 109 (song). For the film, see PT 109 (film). LTJG Kennedy (standing at right) on the PT 109 in 1943. For other Ids see[1] Career (United States) …   Wikipedia

• Mark 24 FIDO Torpedo — The Mark 24 FIDO Torpedo was a US air dropped passive acoustic homing anti submarine torpedo used during the Second World War against German and Japanese submarines. It entered service in March 1943 and continued in service with the US Navy until …   Wikipedia

• Siemens torpedo glider — The Siemens torpedo glider (often referred to as an aerial torpedo ) was an early precursor of the modern glide bomb developed in World War I but never used in action. It consisted of a naval torpedo with an attached airframe which was to be… …   Wikipedia

• Anti-torpedo bulge — The anti torpedo bulge (also known as an anti torpedo blister) is a form of passive defence against naval torpedoes that featured in warship construction in the period between the First and Second World Wars.Theory formEssentially, the bulge is a …   Wikipedia

• Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes — Personnel from USS Porter loading a recoverable training torpedo into the top tube of a Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes set The Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (Mk 32 SVTT) system[1] is a torpedo launching system designed for the …   Wikipedia

• P 4 class torpedo boat — The P 4 class torpedo boat are Chinese torpedo boats armed with 2x450 mm torpedoes, based on a Soviet aluminum hulled hydroplaning design. This class is thoroughly obsolete but was not completely retired from active service being placed in… …   Wikipedia