Word: torpedo
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...surrender, but their captain was stubborn.. When we were near enough the man at the top of our mast called out to clear the gun, and we had to fire. The stovepipe went flying through the air, and the captain of the steamer thought it was an aerial torpedo, so he immediately surrendered. When we took possession of the boat we found that its cargo was chiefly wines and Champagne...
...four-day battle was ending by prearrangement the Arkansas was hit by a torpedo and went to the bottom. Sinking, Admiral Willard flashed command of the Blue fleet to Admiral Reeves aboard the Saratoga...
Escorted by a squadron of Turkish torpedo boats, the Tsar Ferdinand finally dropped anchor off the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas. With a cross in one hand, an icon in the other, the Metropolitan Hilarion ("the Merry One") was first to welcome Their Majesties home. On the wharf a comely company of Bulgarian maidens poured water on the feet of Tsar Boris, a similar group of young men sprinkled his bride, now Tsaritza Ivana, as a hope that their lives might be as smooth as the surface of water...
...Remainder of Denmark's navy-in-miniature: five fishing patrol vessels, 20 torpedo boats, 14 submarines, one depot ship, one minelayer...
...Baltimore, George Boone found a pellet on the sidewalk. He handed it to his father, Charles Boone, 57, with whom he was strolling. Mr. Boone thought it was candy, put it in his mouth, sucked, chewed. The pellet exploded. It was a Fourth of July torpedo...