torpil kovanı

Turkish - English

Definition of torpil kovanı in Turkish English dictionary

torpedo tube

The tube, through the hull of a submarine, though which torpedoes are launched

On torpedo vessels the tubes are on deck and usually in broadside, on larger vessels usually submerged in broadside and fitted with a movable shield which is pushed out from the vessel's side to protect the torpedo until clear, but formerly sometimes in the bow

device for launching a torpedo

A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder

a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired

A tube in the hull of a submarine or another naval vessel or mounted on the deck of a surface warship, through which torpedoes are launched

In submarine torpedo boats they are in the bow

Hyphenation

tor·pil ko·va·nı