Whitehead torpedo

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• Torpedo body

  ·add. ·- An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. ...

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• Torpedo boom

  ·add. ·- A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end. ...

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• Torpedo catcher

  ·add. ·- A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. ...

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• Torpedo shell

  ·add. ·- A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the b...

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• Torpedo station

  ·add. ·- A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repair...

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• Torpedo stern

  ·add. ·- A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast powe...

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• Torpedo tube

  ·add. ·- A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a sm...

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• Torpedo-boat destroyer

  ·add. ·- A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended princi...

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