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Definition of mortar vessel

mortar vessel
Bomb Bomb, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. 3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. ``I noticed volcanic bombs.' --Darwin.

Meaning of mortar vessel from wikipedia

- gases when fired. The Coehorn mortar gained quick po****rity, necessitating a new form of naval ship, the bomb vessel. Mortars pla**** a significant role in...
- cannons (long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to...
- NEMO (from "NEw MOrtar") is a single barrelled 120 mm remote-controlled mortar turret currently being developed by Patria Land Oy in Finland. It is a lighter...
- Cacafuego, all being colloquial Spanish for "Spit****" or "****fire". Mortar vessel: The first mention of a Cacafuego occurred in 1797. Rear-Admiral Horatio...
- became a lightvessel in 1821, a watch vessel in 1834 and was broken up in 1859. HMS Havock (1855) was a mortar vessel launched in 1855, and renamed MV5 later...
- (1856), 166 ton mortar vessel No 50 (1856), 166 ton mortar vessel No 51 (1856), 166 ton mortar vessel No 52 (1856), 166 ton mortar vessel Ernest (1856)...
- Bomb vessels were designed to bombard enemy positions on land, such as towns and fortresses. For this they were ****ed with one or two mortars that could...
- Lime mortar or torching is a masonry mortar composed of lime and an aggregate such as sand, mixed with water. It is one of the oldest known types of mortar...
- brig Eolo, captured in 1852 by HMS Orestes. The fifth Pickle was a mortar vessel launched in 1855 and broken up in 1865. The sixth Pickle was an Albacore-class...
- launched in 1834, converted to a survey vessel in 1843, and broken up in 1853. HMS Blazer (1855) was a mortar vessel launched in 1855, renamed MV3 later that...