torpedo tube

American  

noun

1. a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.

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torpedo tube British  

noun

1. the tube from which a torpedo is discharged from submarines or surface ships

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Etymology

Origin of torpedo tube

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

It was deployed for the Union and featured a novel waste removal system that acted similarly to a torpedo tube.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022

Indonesian naval experts have raised the possibility that as the Nanggala descended on Wednesday, water somehow flooded the submarine, possibly through a pipe or torpedo tube.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2021

Not since 1921, when the E-6 went down at its moorings with a torpedo tube open, had the Navy had a submarine accident caused by mechanical failure or fault of the crew.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once while rescuers worked with a blowtorch to get him out he lay in a torpedo tube that had been pumped so full of pressure that the doors were jammed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the bow of the submarine, there were four torpedoes, and in the stern there was one torpedo tube for the remaining ten torpedoes.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple