Meaning of torpedo ram | Babel Free

Definitions

A warship designed to sink enemy vessels using a combination of torpedo (self-propelled naval weapon) fire and ramming.

historical

Examples

“When his eyes were clear again, he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. Big iron upper-works rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected, and spat a smoking blast shot with fire into the air. It was the torpedo-ram, Thunder Child, steaming headlong, coming to the rescue of the threatened shipping.”

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