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Meanings of torpedo boat destroyer in English

Russian
контр-миноносец
Portuguese
contratorpedeiro
Spanish
destructor
Catalan
destructor
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Warship type designed for escort duties against smaller vessels.

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контр-миноносец
Usage of torpedo boat destroyer in English
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A torpedo boat destroyer came lumbering across the sky line.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
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Inside were the French torpedo boats Fronde and Pistolet and the torpedo boat destroyer D'Iberville.
The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine / The Eur...
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Then they invented a craft as an antidote for the torpedo boat -thetorpedo boat destroyer.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
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Nobody wants to waste a whole mine on a poor little torpedo boat destroyer-andtwenty to forty men.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
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April 13-Britishtorpedo boat destroyer Renard dashes up the Dardanelles over ten miles at high speed on a scouting expedition.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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A seaplane can go so fast that it makes the fastest torpedo boat destroyer look as if it were standing still.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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A Lieutenant to man a ship of the fourth rating; a torpedo boat destroyer, torpedo boat, tug, tender or a ship not rated.
A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the ...
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Some ships of this description can spurt up to 25 knots-notso long ago considered a high speed even for a torpedo boat destroyer.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves / Updated to 1900
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On its official trial trip the British torpedo boat destroyer "Mohawk" attained the record speed of a little over 39 miles an hour.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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On March 22, 1902, the torpedo boat destroyer the "Barry" was launched at the Neafie & Levy's shipyard.
The Story of Commodore John Barry
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Alongside floating stages in the basins lay submarines and torpedo boat destroyers.
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico
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Three cruisers and a pair of torpedo boat destroyers showed the way.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
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The torpedo boat destroyers, of which there were 18, must not be forgotten.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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From their silhouettes, I knew them to be dreadnaughts, cruisers, and torpedo boat destroyers.
The Secrets of the German War Office
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In one respect Spain is stronger, that is in her six speedy torpedo boat destroyers.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
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Torpedo Boat Destroyers: Torpedo boats, tugs, sailing ships and receiving ships shall not be rated.
A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the ...