They circled and swept, and then came the dull roars and heaving fountains that told that the torpedoes had been loosed from their tubes and were doing their deadly work.
It is suspected that the Russian cruisers Almaz and Aurora were sunk by torpedoes on the night of May 27.
The one lost its direction owing to the snow and the glare of the enemy's searchlights; but the second flotilla reached its mark, and discharged torpedoes at the Sevastopol, on which at least two took effect.
The latter replied by discharging two torpedoes at the daring gunboat, which then retreated back into harbor.
Altogether eight ships were sunk by our vigorous cannonade, by Whitehead torpedoes launched from our torpedo-boats, and by the explosion of several submarine mines.
The armored cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff and Vladimir Monomach, after being in the general engagement during the daytime, were still further damaged by torpedoes during attacks by night, and were eventually completely disabled.
As for the rockets that were fired by the gunboat, we had passed the line of torpedoesbefore our attention was attracted by the firing.
I know where your torpedoes and mines are, and Disraeli has confidence in me showing them the road to victory.
The torpedoes that had been the dread of navigators had been lifted, and it was commonly reported that many of them were loaded with sand.
He had caused to be purchased some torpedoes which he distributed among his rowdy friends to throw upon the floor, and thus begin disturbance.
Their heat-rays boiled the water for hundreds of yards before them and their torpedoes were exploding against the Nevian defenses in one appallingly continuous concussion.
Material projectiles and torpedoes were launched under full beam control; only to be exploded harmlessly in mid-space, to be rayed into nothingness, or to disappear innocuously against impenetrable polycyclic screens.
Torpedoes were futile against that wall of energy.
Gaping wide, helpless, with all defenses down, other torpedoes entered the stricken hulk and completed its destruction even before they could be recalled.
He discharged two torpedoes at her, one striking her at the bow and the other amidships.
Three torpedoes had been fired at her, and two of them had hit her.
Two torpedoes in quick succession now sped towards the Hogue, and five minutes later she had gone under, and the sea was dotted with men swimming for dear life or clinging desperately to bits of wreckage.
The guns and torpedoes have been made ready; the ammunition has been carefully examined and arranged, so that it can be quickly hoisted to the guns; and the engines have been overhauled.
The radio-control of torpedoesis uncertain at the best because of difficulties in following the guide lights.
I guess we'll begin discharging torpedoes at about 1,200 yards.
Six white paths streaked the ocean beneath us marking the course of six torpedoes and three of them found their target.
We had now used eighteen of our hundred available torpedoes and had sunk three ships of the enemy.
The last submarine took to flight, it seems, because her supply oftorpedoes was exhausted.
Towing torpedoes or high explosive charges behind moving vessels has been developed by the Italian Navy, but the chances of hitting a submersible with such devices are not very great.
To be certain of striking these valuable targets would be worth expending a number of torpedoes in salvo fire.
It is chiefly owing to the care of the personnel of the torpedo squad, that the torpedoes are maintained in such perfect condition and that their aim is so correct; and to them is due in great part the success of our attack.
And once again the periscope runs up towards the laughing daylight, while the commander in happy but earnest tones utters the reassuring words, "The ship is sinking, furthertorpedoes can be spared.
Probably torpedoes will then be used only against the more important enemy units, such as battleships, cruisers, and the like.
I decided, as the sea was calm and no ship was in sight, to spare ourtorpedoes and shells and to put an end to the steamer with little hand grenades.
Now comes the announcement from the torpedo officer, "The torpedoes are cleared for firing.
The Fire-crackers jeered a little at this, because there has always been more or less jealousy between the Torpedoes and the Fire-crackers, but the Rocket soon put a stop to their sneers.
Here one of the Torpedoes fell off the gas-fixture to the floor, where he exploded with a loud noise.
In 1797 he went to Paris, and commenced experimenting with submarine torpedoes and torpedo-boats.
How far it may modify future naval establishments cannot be yet confidently stated, but it seems sufficiently evident that the attack, by any navy, of stationary defenses protected by torpedoes is now quite a thing of the past.
The young man had therefore brought along his spar-torpedoes for use if necessary; but he had also manufactured a dozen large bombs which he meant to attach to the ships themselves, afterwards exploding them by means of a time fuse.
But now they will surely find the othertorpedoes and cut them adrift before they have time to explode.
These little craft all rendezvoused at the flagship, and spar-torpedoes were hastily fitted to all three, one projecting from the bow of each boat.
It was found that the ship had been struck by three torpedoes, which were fired as one salvo from the submarine, two of the torpedoes striking practically together near the bow of the ship and the third striking near the stern.
The problem of stowing away all the heavy machinery, supplies, torpedoes and devices necessary for her operations and maneuvering has presented about all the difficulties the constructors have been able to handle.
It is not known how many torpedoes were launched, but five were counted as they sped by bow and stern.
But the cleverest development of the aeroplane-submarine idea involved the use of seaplanes for the purpose of launching submarine torpedoes at enemy ships.
So soon as the connecting line of the Torpedoes passed the buoy of the brig, they were thrown into the water, and carried on by the tide, until the connecting line touched the brig's cable; the tide then drove them under her bottom.
Suppose the boats and Torpedoes prepared, the harpooners exercised, and the men practised to the oars.
It now remains to point out means by which Torpedoes may be used to advantage with the least possible risque to the assailants.
Satisfied in my own mind, that the Torpedoes now discovered, will be an effectual cure for so great an evil.
After all, they would surely reserve their stock of torpedoes for a more important quarry, and, in any case, would hardly be likely to advertise their presence before arriving in their intended zone of operations.
A second or two later the first rocket torpedoesof the rebels went, spewing fire, toward their goal.
No torpedoes were flying now, but machine guns and rifles were working terrible havoc.
Her torpedoes were exploding among the attackers with blinding glares of light.
In the midst of the first cloud, hundreds of minute specks of light were flashing--the atomic torpedoes were exploding.
He had no word to cheer him and had no bands to play, He had no crowds to make his duty brave; But he risked the deep torpedoes at the breaking of the day, For he knew he had our self-respect to save.
A moment later, torn by her own torpedoes and those of the enemy, she sank to the bottom.
Torpedoes to the right and left, Torpedoes straight ahead!
This was the piece of machinery used to raise the torpedoes and swing them into the tubes.
What I propose doing is this: We will aim one on each side of the spot where our bow drove in, taking care to train the tubes so that the torpedoes will not strike too near.
There was a hissing sound and a slight tremor as the compressed air shot the torpedoes from the tubes.
It was but a few moments after the explosion of the two torpedoes that Ensign Hargreaves uttered a shout that thrilled them all.
The torpedoes were placed on racks so that it was a simple matter to secure them to the lifting chain of the derrick.
Despite their immense weight, the torpedoes were placed within the tubes with no more difficulty than a sportsman experiences in shoving two cartridges into the breech of his gun.
In the torpedo compartment forward you have six Red Head torpedoes fully charged with gun cotton?
The torpedoes will sink his monitors--they are like lead, and if you shake them up a little, they will plump down on the bottom like a solid shot.
Terrible stories of the torpedoes had been told by deserters and refugees, but the admiral's hopes had been realized; they had been so long in the water that they had become "innocuous.
So two 1,500-pound dummy torpedoes are got ready, the breeches to two of the four forward tubes opened, the torpedoes slipped in, the breeches closed.
Not that the Germans are sparing of the cost of war, but a sub which has to make a voyage of three thousand miles to take on a fresh load of torpedoes is not firing too many for the mere practice.
Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up.
Sherman proceeded at once on his arrival to invest the place, and found that the enemy had placed torpedoes in the ground, which were to explode when stepped on by man or beast.
Sherman, after the capture, at once had the debris cleared up, commencing the work by removing the piling and torpedoes from the river, and taking up all obstructions.
A number of this species form a prize for the table.
The pileus is fleshy, bell-shaped when young, expanded, beautifully fringed on the margin, larger than the cervinus.
This plant will be distinguished usually by the amount of white mycelium at the base of the stem.
The gills are emarginate, crowded, rather undulate, dingy, reddish often yellowish, easily separating from the pileus.
In the torpedo attack not less than twenty of his torpedoes were seen to cross the British line.
Captain Campbell had still two torpedoes left, and both of these he fired at the submarine.
E11 was skilfully brought into position on her starboard beam, and two torpedoes got home amidships.
The Captain on one Battleship said that he received numerous reports of torpedoes passing just ahead and just astern, nearly all of which he had reason to believe did not exist.
In this area alone during the last six weeks thirty armed ships were sunk by torpedoes without submarine being seen, although three of these were escorted each by a single destroyer.
This accounts for many reports by passengers on liners and other merchant craft of seeing many torpedoes just miss their mark.
The fact was, however, that the Allies expended many torpedoes for every submarine sunk; and this was clearly a game which Germany could not afford to play.
Soon the E-35 crept still closer, and fired two torpedoes simultaneously from its bow tubes.
The submarine normally prefers to use its guns on merchant ships, for the torpedoes are expensive and comparatively few in number.
Many reports are received of torpedoes barely missing ships.
But he had two torpedoes and he determined to use these against the submerged submarine.
The torpedoes employed were of various kinds and sizes, some exploding by mechanical concussion, some by chemical action, some by electric discharge.
In 1866 the Austrians in their brief war with Italy used torpedoes in which gun-cotton was fired off by an electric current.
Some torpedoesare self-explosive on touching the enemy's ship.
In the war lately commenced between Russia and Turkey, torpedoes are playing a notable part.
The Russians have shewn much daring in approaching Turkish ships during the dark hours of night, attaching torpedoes to the ships' bottoms, retiring quietly and swiftly, and leaving the explosive monsters to do their fell work.
The English authorities are said to be manufacturing Harvey's torpedoes at Woolwich Arsenal at the time we write, June 1877.
How such a diabolical sausage got into such a place at such a time, and what the police authorities have had to say about it, we need not detail here; but the subject sets people thinking ugly thoughts about Torpedoes and Infernal Machines.
A strong ship; the enemy had to expend two of his torpedoes to destroy her.
Now, the run of German torpedoes has banded us together again, and in convoy and their conferences, we are coming to know one another as never before.
Notwithstanding the tricks of our zigzag, the torpedoesstruck home on our hulls.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "torpedoes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
