page_title: Torpedo ram
hierarchical_section_title: Torpedo ram
caption_attribution_description: The torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus in drydock at Malta.
context_page_description: A torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design elements from the cruiser and the monitor, it was intended to provide small and inexpensive weapon systems for coastal defence and other littoral combat.
context_section_description: A torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design elements from the cruiser and the monitor, it was intended to provide small and inexpensive weapon systems for coastal defence and other littoral combat.
caption: The torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus
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