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19th century offensive naval design attribute
A torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design elements from the cruiser and the monitor, it was intended
Torpedo_ram
Naval melee weapon
(superficially resembling a ram) to improve performance. The torpedo ram is a hybrid torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design
Naval_ram
Victorian Royal Navy warship
The third HMS Polyphemus was a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate
HMS_Polyphemus_(1881)
Small, fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle
dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. Torpedo boats were
Torpedo_boat
Fictional warship in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child". A few paragraphs later, it is stated that "It was the torpedo ram, Thunder Child, steaming headlong
HMS_Thunder_Child
Device for launching torpedoes
development of the water ram expulsion system, which ejects the torpedo with water pressure to avoid acoustic detection. Torpedo tubes on the nuclear submarine
Torpedo_tube
Weapon consisting of a bomb at the end of a long pole attached to a boat
vessel rammed its target, embedding the barbed torpedo in its hull, then backed off. When the attacker reached the limit of the trigger cord, the torpedo was
Spar_torpedo
List of ships with the same or similar names
Tripoli 4 September 1804. USS Intrepid (1874), an experimental steam torpedo ram commissioned 31 July 1874 and sold 9 May 1892 USS Intrepid (1904), a
USS_Intrepid
Steam-propelled warship protected by armor plates
built to make use of the naval ram, the torpedo, or sometimes both (as in the case with smaller ships and later torpedo boats), which several naval designers
Ironclad_warship
Self-propelled underwater weapon
cordite ram to push the torpedoes into the water tail-first; they then had to move rapidly out of the way to avoid being hit by their torpedo. Developed
Torpedo
Confederate States Army general (1818–1893)
naval mines (called "torpedoes" in the Civil War), and with a small vessel called a torpedo-ram. A swift boat fitted with a torpedo on a pole projecting
P._G._T._Beauregard
Type of naval warship
no side armour, from the Italia class of very fast battleships to the torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus. In the case of the latter, the armoured deck was of sufficient
Protected_cruiser
Royal Danish Navy warship
Tordenskjold was a torpedo ram built for the Royal Danish Navy in the early 1880s. The ship was sold for scrap in 1908. Tordenskjold was 67.75 meters
HDMS_Tordenskjold_(1880)
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Polyphemus (1881) was a torpedo ram in use from 1881 to 1903. The Polyphemus class was a semi-submerged torpedo cruiser armed with eight torpedoes, proposed in 1914
HMS_Polyphemus
for coastal defence (Vixen ultimately being sunk to block a channel that torpedo boats might have used to attack ships of the North America and West Indies
List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_gunboat_and_gunvessel_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
1898 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
buys passage to Europe on a refugee ship. Three Tripods attack, but a torpedo ram, HMS Thunder Child, manages to destroy all three, with the ironclad sinking
The_War_of_the_Worlds
Armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
squadrons, each consisting of one torpedo-ram-cruiser, a smaller torpedo cruiser, a large torpedo boat and six smaller torpedo boats. The Navy had already secured
SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia
SMS_Kaiserin_und_Königin_Maria_Theresia
Fictional character
Jack Wright And His Dandy Of The Deep (1892) Jack Wright And Electric Torpedo Ram (1892) Jack Wright, The Boy Inventor, Exploring Central Asia (1892) Jack
Jack_Wright_(character)
American naval ship
was impressed by the British torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus. Unlike Polyphemus, which was primarily a torpedo boat, with ramming a secondary function, the American
USS_Katahdin_(1893)
Broke, and Leander-class cruiser Neptune) Thunder Child (an "ironclad torpedo ram" from the 1898 novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells) Antigone (Leander-class
List of ship names of the Royal Navy
List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy
Torpedo boat of the United States Navy
The second USS Intrepid was one of two steam-powered torpedo rams (along with USS Alarm) that were ordered at the behest of Admiral David D. Porter in
USS_Intrepid_(1874)
Ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
launching torpedoes. Torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Motor torpedo boat is a type of fast torpedo boat, especially
Warship
Fictional machine
to be more than 100 feet (30 m) tall. HMS Thunder Child, a Royal Navy torpedo ram, engages a trio of tripods that are pursuing a refugee flotilla heading
Fighting machine (The War of the Worlds)
Fighting_machine_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)
American torpedo
lightweight torpedo (formerly known as lightweight hybrid torpedo, or LHT) is a standard 12.75-inch (324 mm) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by
Mark_54_lightweight_torpedo
Topics referred to by the same term
Tor captured by Germany in 1940 and renamed Tiger SMS Tiger (1887), a torpedo ram cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy USCGC Tiger, an American coast guard
Tiger_(disambiguation)
Shipbuilding company
scrapped 1926 SMS Tiger Torpedo cruiser * 1888 1,683 To Italy in 1919, scrapped 1920 SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I Torpedo/ram cruiser Kaiser Franz Joseph
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Stabilimento_Tecnico_Triestino
List of ships with the same or similar names
HDMS Tordenskjold (1852) , a frigate, in service 1854-1872. HDMS Tordenskjold (1880), a torpedo ram, in service 1882-1908. HDMS Peter Tordenskiold (F356), a Niels Juel-class
HDMS_Peter_Tordenskjold
Torpedo boat of the United States Navy
USS Alarm was one of two steam-powered torpedo rams (along with USS Intrepid) that were ordered at the behest of Admiral David D. Porter in 1871. Porter
USS_Alarm_(1873)
First submarine builder for US Navy
Holland Torpedo Boat Company was founded by John Philip Holland (1841–1914) in 1893. Holland was an Irish engineer-inventor, who designed and built the
Holland_Torpedo_Boat_Company
naval cadets. General Belgrano class (US Brooklyn class) Maipu-class torpedo ram (British-built) Bathurst class (British-built; Yarrow 1890 type – Mod
List of ships of the Argentine Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Argentine_Navy
Submarine designed for use by the Fenian Brotherhood
newspaper to name the vessel the Fenian Ram. Fenian Ram's design was partly modelled on the Whitehead torpedo, and it had similar cruciform control fins
Fenian_Ram
1978 studio album by Jeff Wayne
approach, threatening the steamer, but they are engaged by the Royal Navy torpedo ram Thunder Child and two are destroyed. The steamer escapes, but Thunder
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Jeff_Wayne's_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds
List of ships with the same or similar names
in 1857 and was broken up in 1877. HMS Adventure was to have been a torpedo ram. She was ordered in 1885 but was cancelled before her launch. HMS Adventure (1891)
HMS_Adventure
Type of warship intended to escort other larger ships
fire torpedoes. Early-war destroyers had the speed and armament to intercept submarines before they submerged, either by gunfire or by ramming. Destroyers
Destroyer
Ship class
for EuroTorp-A244-S or Mk.46-Torpedoes RAM Block II launchers, 21 missiles each (planned) 2 × launchers for C310 torpedo countermeasures system 2 × ATK
Abu_Dhabi-class_corvette
List of ships with the same or similar names
that name SMS Tiger (1887), a torpedo ram cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy SS Tiger (1917) was a tanker that was torpedoed on 1 April 1942 off the coast
List_of_ships_named_Tiger
Port town in County Cork, Ireland
In 1885, the harbour was a testing site for the development of the Torpedo ram when the warship HMS Polyphemus undertook a simulated attack on a fleet
Castletownbere
1967 Israeli attack on United States Navy ship
USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. The attack killed 34 crew
USS_Liberty_incident
Armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
squadrons, each consisting of one torpedo-ram-cruiser, a smaller torpedo cruiser, a large torpedo boat and six smaller torpedo boats. The first three of these
SMS_Kaiser_Karl_VI
Lindormen (1868) Gorm (1870) Odin (1872) Helgoland (1878) Tordenskjold (torpedo ram) 1880 Iver Hvitfeldt (1886) Skjold (1896) Herluf Trolle class Herluf
List of ships of the line of Denmark
List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_Denmark
Use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object
initial phase of RAMICS testing for introduction into the fleet. The USA also released information about supercavitating antiship torpedoes in 2004, prompting
Supercavitation
Class of Italian torpedo boats
The Spica class was a class of torpedo boats of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II. These ships were built as a result of a clause
Spica-class torpedo boat (Italy)
Spica-class_torpedo_boat_(Italy)
Armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
involved building cruisers—to which he referred as "torpedo-ram cruisers"—to support the torpedo boat flotillas. But by 1891, opponents of Sterneck had
SMS_Sankt_Georg
Spanish Navy cruiser of 1887–1926
they did not halt the bombardment. Auñón then boarded the Argentine torpedo ram Maipu to negotiate with rebel Lieutenant Eduardo O'Connor. The revolt
Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel
Spanish_cruiser_Infanta_Isabel
Austro-Hungarian Navy's Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruisers
Sterneck envisioned them for. Sterneck continued to support the concept of torpedo ram cruisers rest of his tenure as Marinekommandant, but his death in December
Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser
Kaiser_Franz_Joseph_I-class_cruiser
Protected cruiser of the Italian Royal Navy
Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Referred to by some as a torpedo ram, she was one of the first ships of her type. Giovanni Bausan was intended
Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan
Italian_cruiser_Giovanni_Bausan
1877 battle
harmlessly. In a last-ditch effort to sink Huáscar, two small torpedo rams from Shah attempted to torpedo her, but Huáscar escaped under the cover of darkness
Battle_of_Pacocha
Japanese manned suicide torpedoes used by the Imperial Navy in World War II
rendered as 'turn of the Heaven's will' or 'the heaven shaker') were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages
Kaiten
World War II patrol torpedo boat
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) is a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. These vessels were small, fast, and inexpensive
PT_boat
Lightweight ASW torpedo
The Torpedo Advanced Light (TAL) Shyena (Sanskrit: श्येन, "Falcon or Hawk") is the first indigenous advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo of India
Torpedo_Advanced_Light_Shyena
Torpedo cruiser class of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
naval mines and more effective torpedo-armed ships. In the memorandum, he outlined requirements for a so-called "torpedo ram cruiser". Such a vessel should
Panther-class_cruiser
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1849–1930)
Promoted to commander on 9 March 1881, he became commanding officer of the torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus later that year and then returned to the Royal Yacht HMY
William May (Royal Navy officer)
William_May_(Royal_Navy_officer)
American surface-to-air missile
The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
PT boat
PT-109 was an 80-foot (24 m) Elco PT boat (patrol torpedo boat) last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy, future United States president
Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-109
Heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo
of Varuna') is an Indian advanced autonomous heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo, developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of
Varunastra_(torpedo)
Soviet torpedo bomber
competitor to the Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle'. It was used as a torpedo bomber by the mine-torpedo regiments of Soviet Naval Aviation between 1952–1959 and allegedly
Tupolev_Tu-14
Project to replace existing navy frigates
with a torpedo system that is capable of launching the Mk 54 torpedo. The Netherlands plan to add the Atlaks Elektronik anti-torpedo torpedo SeaSpider
Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (Royal Netherlands Navy)
Anti-Submarine_Warfare_Frigate_(Royal_Netherlands_Navy)
Series of military actions by the Union Army
mines, which at that time were called torpedoes, a term applied to self-propelled warheads only later, torpedo rams and a brief Confederate experiment in
Mississippi_River_campaigns
Japanese torpedo
diameter torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Intended for use with Japan's Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarines, the torpedo was
Type_97_torpedo
supplemented with exploratory use of special weapons such as torpedo boats and torpedoes. Based upon the successful employment of ironclad warships, particularly
List of ships of the Confederate States Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Confederate_States_Navy
Military combat technique
HMS Harvester was torpedoed and sunk after damaging her propellers during the ramming of U-444 in March 1943. USS Buckley rammed and was rammed by U-66 in May
Ramming
Class of torpedo boat
The Type 24 torpedo boat (also known as the (German: Raubtier (Carnivore) class) was a group of six torpedo boats built for the Reichsmarine during the
Type_24_torpedo_boat
2019 Belgian film
Torpedo (Also known as 'U-235') is a 2019 Belgian action & war film directed by Sven Huybrechts and starring Koen De Bouw. The film is loosely based on
Torpedo_(2019_film)
Balao-class submarine
been coming in to ram. The tanker struck the transport's starboard quarter shortly after the submarine fired four stern torpedoes along their double
USS_Tang_(SS-306)
high forecastle and poop, and a ram on the bow. the hulls were steel. The principal armament was five Whitehead torpedo tubes, one in the bow and two in
Chilean torpedo gunboat Almirante Lynch
Chilean_torpedo_gunboat_Almirante_Lynch
British torpedo cruisers
Archer-class cruiser, which featured a different arrangement of torpedo tubes, stronger ram, and a main armament of 6 in (15 cm) guns. Two ships in the class
Scout-class_cruiser
Month in 1919
January 15, 2010 Sieche, Erwin (1995). "The Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Class Torpedo-rams". In Roberts, John (ed.). Warship 1995. London: Conway Maratime Press
October_1919
Austro-Hungarian Navy's Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser
Kaiser Franz Joseph I and her sister ship leading torpedo divisions against their opponents. Her bow ram would maximize damage in an engagement of this sort
SMS_Kaiser_Franz_Joseph_I
American inventor
1863. He designed the spar torpedo which was used by Lieutenant William B. Cushing to destroy the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle at Plymouth,
John_Louis_Lay
The German large, or ocean-going, torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I were built by the Imperial German Navy between 1899 and 1918 as part of
German ocean-going torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I
German_ocean-going_torpedo_boats_and_destroyers_of_World_War_I
News". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8166. Liverpool. 23 March 1874. "Launch of a Torpedo Vessel at Pembroke Dock". Western Mail. No. 1530. Cardiff. 26 March 1874
List_of_ship_launches_in_1874
1926 Type 23 torpedo boat
accidentally rammed by the minelayer Preussen. The following month, she was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Taku on 8 May. The torpedo blew her stern
German_torpedo_boat_Möwe
Austro-Hungarian Navy built a series of cruisers of various types, including small torpedo cruisers, protected cruisers, fast scout cruisers and large armored cruisers
List of cruisers of Austria-Hungary
List_of_cruisers_of_Austria-Hungary
Aspect of naval history
occur for the use of the ram, but the torpedo and the mine soon made it very dangerous for one fleet to rush at another. The torpedo may be said therefore
Naval tactics in the Age of Steam
Naval_tactics_in_the_Age_of_Steam
Planned class of frigates
21-cell launcher of RAM Block 2B surface-to-air missiles, eight Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles, two dual launchers MU90 torpedoes and SYLENA Mk1 decoy
Kimon-class_frigate
Type of sandwich originating from the United States
ranked by most widespread use, were: submarine, hoagie, poor boy, grinder, torpedo, Italian sandwich, hero, rocket, zeppelin, Garibaldi, bomber, musalatta
Submarine_sandwich
World War II Soviet torpedo boat
properly aim the torpedo and prior coordination when making massed torpedo attacks to prevent the boats from ramming each other or the torpedoes. The gun armament
G-5-class_motor_torpedo_boat
month when she was accidentally rammed by a minelayer that she was escorting. Derived from the preceding Type 23 torpedo boat, the Type 24 was slightly
German_torpedo_boat_Leopard
Austro-Hungarian Navy officer
headed a commission to develop the first prototypes of the self-propelled torpedo. Giovanni Luppis (or Ivan Lupis) was born in the city of Rijeka (then Fiume)
Giovanni_Luppis
World War II U-Boat Film
to torpedo it. Still, it missed and the Olympic would attempt to ram it with the submarine diving in an attempt to evade it only for it to be rammed by
Operation_Seawolf
As built the class was armed with a single McEvoy spar torpedo, which was designed to be rammed into a vessel and explode beneath the waterline. A single
Defender-class_torpedo_boat
SAM; 2 RAM launchers (21 missiles each); 4 Exocet SSM; 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 MLG 27 autocannons; 4 324 mm torpedo tubes with Mk46 Mod 2 torpedoes Powerplant:
List of frigate classes in service
List_of_frigate_classes_in_service
Italian Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer
I, playing an active role in the Adriatic campaign. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she participated in the Mediterranean campaign and Adriatic
Italian destroyer Giuseppe Missori
Italian_destroyer_Giuseppe_Missori
Military engagement of WWII in Norway
of the heavy cruisers Blücher and Lützow, the light cruiser Emden, the torpedo boats Möwe, Kondor and Albatros and eight minesweepers. The ships were
Action_in_the_Oslofjord
Italian ''La Masa''-class destroyer
the destroyer Fratelli Cairoli accidentally rammed Enrico Cosenz. Enrico Cosenz was reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929. World War II broke out in September
Italian destroyer Agostino Bertani
Italian_destroyer_Agostino_Bertani
1943 medium bomber aircraft family
the German Junkers Ju 88, the Tu-2 proved comparable and was produced in torpedo, interceptor and reconnaissance versions. The Tu-2 was an effective combat
Tupolev_Tu-2
Class of German torpedo boat destroyers
The S138 class was a group of sixty-five torpedo boats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) and the Ottoman Navy in the early 1900s
S138-class_torpedo_boat
North Carolinian waters populated by U-boats in World War II
Torpedo Alley (also called Torpedo Junction or the Battle of Torpedo Junction) was a region off the coastline of the North Carolinan Outer Banks, including
Torpedo_Alley
Ship class
The Z-class torpedo boats were a class of twelve warships that served in the Dutch Koninklijke Marine, German Kaiserliche Marine, Polish Marynarka Wojenna
Z-class_torpedo_boat
Naval battle of World War I
hail of gunfire, Nubian attempted to ram the last boat in the German line of battle but was struck by a torpedo that blew off her bow and reduced her
Battle_of_Dover_Strait_(1916)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Spanish Navy have borne the name Ariete, meaning Battering Ram: Ariete, an Ariete-class torpedo boat commissioned in 1887 and destroyed by fire in 1905.
Spanish_ship_Ariete
the Victorian Royal Navy, whose principal weapon was designed to be her ram. She was similar in design to HMS Hotspur, but unlike her carried a revolving
HMS_Rupert_(1872)
G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy
rest of her torpedoes. The two ships were very close when Hipper emerged from the smoke, and Roope ordered a hard turn to starboard to ram the cruiser
HMS_Glowworm_(H92)
für 600 RAM Block 2B unterzeichnet". esut.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-22. Liebe, Thomas (2024-10-22). "400 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2B
List of active weapons of the German Navy
List_of_active_weapons_of_the_German_Navy
Class of Imperial German Navy torpedo boats
The German V1-class torpedo boats was a class of 26 large torpedo boats in service with the Imperial German Navy, Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine and Royal
V1-class_destroyer
Lightweight ASW torpedo
The Eghraaq (Urdu: اغراق, "Immersion") is a Pakistani lightweight torpedo developed by Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS). It is the first anti-submarine
Eghraaq
Professionnel (2000–2002). Marc Boutte, 55, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins). Colin Burdett, 94, Australian Olympic basketball player
Deaths_in_March_2025
Type 24 torpedo boat
Iltis was the lead ship of her class of six torpedo boats built for the German Navy (initially called the Reichsmarine and then renamed as the Kriegsmarine
German_torpedo_boat_Iltis
destroyer in August 1939 which accidentally rammed her during night training. Derived from the preceding Type 23 torpedo boat, the Type 24 was slightly larger
German torpedo boat Tiger (1928)
German_torpedo_boat_Tiger_(1928)
Light, fast, stealth missile corvettes of the Royal Norwegian Navy
the Royal Norwegian Navy. The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes
Skjold-class_corvette
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