English Dictionary

torpedo ram

名詞

歴史的

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

日本語の意味

（軍事・海軍史の用語）魚雷射出と衝突攻撃を組み合わせ、敵艦船の沈没を目的として設計された軍艦

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.

19世紀後半、各国海軍は魚雷攻撃と衝突を組み合わせて敵艦を撃沈するために設計された、速力があり装甲の薄い魚雷衝角艦を試験した。

意味（1）

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

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.

torpedo rams （ plural ）