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Torpedo boat destroyer

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destroyer escortnoun(US, military, nautical, historical) A type of warship, lighter in armor and armament, and slower than a destroyer, originally used for convoy escort during World War II; now considered a frigate.
torpedo tubenoun(nautical) A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.
attack submarineAn attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants and merchant vessels.
battleshipnoun(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
warshipnounAny ship built or armed for naval combat.
battleshipsnounthe international title of a video game based on the classic board game.
gunboatnoun(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
destroyersnounThat which destroys something.
gunboatsnoun(nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
warshipsnounAny ship built or armed for naval combat.
battle cruisernounAlternative form of battlecruiser. [(military, nautical) A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.]
aircraft carriernounA warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
submarinenoun(nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
submarinesnoun"Submarines" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1917, as the third of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title "The Fringes of the Fleet".
container shipnoun(nautical) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
naval forcesnounan organization of military naval forces
sailing shipnounA ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind.
sailing vesselnoun(nautical) A boat or ship powered by wind in its sails; a sailboat or sailing ship.
pocket battleshipnoun(nautical) Any of a class of German cruisers, having guns normally found on a battleship, operated during World War II; a battlecruiser.
depth chargenoun(military, nautical, aviation) A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.

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