During the late nineteenth century, navies experimented with the torpedo ram, a fast, lightly armored warship intended to sink enemy vessels by combining torpedo attacks with ramming.

The old navy museum displayed a rare torpedo-ram that once prowled the coastal waters.

In the late 19th century, some navies experimented with torpedo-rams to combine ramming tactics with self-propelled torpedoes.

During the late 19th century, several torpedo rams were built to test whether combining a reinforced prow with self-propelled torpedoes could give ships a decisive advantage.