torpedo tube

n. A tube in the hull of a submarine or another naval vessel or mounted on the deck of a surface warship, through which torpedoes are launched.

torpedo tube

n (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the tube from which a torpedo is discharged from submarines or surface ships

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Noun

torpedo tube - a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is firedtube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

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Torpedo Tube

a device aboard ships that is used for storing and launching torpedoes. The diameter and length of a torpedo tube correspond to the caliber of the torpedo to be launched.

A torpedo tube contains special locking devices and guides that hold the torpedo in its traveling position. The external part of the tube is equipped with devices for data input from the fire control system, for switching on the motor of a launched torpedo, and for servicing torpedoes in their traveling position.

The torpedo tubes of submarines are fixed; the tubes of surface ships, as a rule, rotate. The torpedoes are launched by compressed air, that is, pneumatically, or by water expelled from special tanks by compressed air, that is, hydropneumatically. A submarine has two to ten torpedo tubes, and a surface ship has one to five tubes.

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noun a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired

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