torpedo-boat

The island to be attacked lay in mine-infested waters and was further protected by submarine and torpedo-boat flotillas.

‘Gallipoli: The End of the Myth’ Robin Prior 2009

To judge from the sound of the engine-room, one would have thought the Fram was moving through the water with the speed of a torpedo-boat.

The South Pole~ On the Way to the South 2009

To judge from the sound of the engine-room, one would have thought the Fram was moving through the water with the speed of a torpedo-boat.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

Once a strange ship steamed up too close, and instantly the nearest torpedo-boat was slipped like a greyhound from the leash, and sped across the water toward it; but the stranger proved harmless, and the swift, delicate, death-fraught craft returned again.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

The earlier bursts of machine-gun fire might have been the results of misidentification or over-enthusiasm on the part of a trigger-happy young torpedo-boat captain.

The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

In Cherbourg, Boulogne, Calais, and Den Helder a torpedo-boat was put out of action, a steamer was sunk, and various isolated casualties were sustained.

Operation Sea Lion Wheatley, Ronald 1958

Now, say we were at war with Germany — both sides could use them as lines between the three estuaries; and to take our own case, a small torpedo-boat (not a destroyer, mind you) could on a dark night cut clean through from the Jade to the Elbe and play the deuce with the shipping there.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

The journey to France was uneventful, which circumstance was due largely to the protection afforded by the torpedo-boat destroyers and other units of the Navy.

The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts

Upon this occasion the German watchman detected the presence of the British torpedo-boat and light cruiser force.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

In reconnaissance, speed is imperative, because such work in the air coincides with that of the torpedo-boat or scout upon the seas.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot