torpedo boat

English

Noun

torpedo boat (plural torpedo boats)

1. a small, high-speed warship designed to fire torpedoes, especially in coastal waters

Translations

warship designed to fire torpedoes

• Czech: torpédový člun m, torpédovka f
• Dutch: torpedoboot (nl) f or m
• Finnish: torpedovene (fi)
• French: torpilleur (fr) m
• German: Torpedoboot (de) n
• Italian: torpediniera (it) f, lanciatorpedini m
• Maori: poti-tōpīto
• Polish: torpedowiec m
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• Portuguese: torpedeiro (pt) m
• Russian:

  large steam-powered boat: миноно́сец (ru) m (minonósec)

  motor torpedo boat: торпе́дный ка́тер (ru) m (torpédnyj káter)

  small steam-powered boat: миноно́ска (ru) f (minonóska)

• Turkish: torpido bot m
• Volapük: torpedabot

See also

• patrol boat
• gunboat
• monitor
• cutter