An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up; a mine{4}.
A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so designed that they will explode when touched or approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore; now called marine mine.
A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called land mine.
A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
A self-propelled device whose sole purpose in life was to find a target and end its life (and presumably that of the target). Sometimes the "device" would become confused as to what was a proper target and what was a target of "opportunity."
an underwater missle that explodes when it hits a target, such as a ship.
an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
a long metal cylinder with an explosive warhead, propelled through the water by an internal combustion engine or batteries
a missile which swims through water to its target
a self-propelled projectile carrying a warhead which detonates against a ship's side below the waterline
a self-propelled, self-guided weapon
a relatively sophisticated and deadly weapon, torpedoes can be launched from subs, surface ships or aircraft (aerial torpedoes).
Ball in horizontal position with its sharp end facing the target.
Term for either a land or marine mine.
A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon which is launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses.