Torpedo (disambiguation) explained

A torpedo is a self-propelled explosive projectile that operates underwater.

Torpedo may also refer to:

Animals

• Torpedo (genus), the genus of electric rays
  • More generally, any electric ray (order Torpediniformes)

Food

• Torpedo or Torpil, a Turkish and Balkan dessert
• Liquorice torpedo
• "Syrian torpedo", English-language slang for a kibbeh, a torpedo-shaped stuffed croquette
• One of the many slang terms for a submarine sandwich

Weapons

• Formerly a naval mine, a stationary explosive device placed in water, to destroy vessels
• Spar torpedo, an explosive device affixed to a spar extending from a boat, used to attack other vessels
• land torpedo, an obsolete term for land mine
• "Aerial torpedo", a naval term for early flying bombs and pilotless aircraft weapons
• Aerial torpedo, a self-propelled torpedo dropped into the water from aircraft
• Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device for land use
• Human torpedo, also called "Chariot", a variety of swimmer delivery vehicle of World War II

Transport

• Torpedo wagon, also known as a bottle wagon, a tank car design to carry molten steel
• Torpedo (car), an early form of usually large touring coachwork with smooth shape from front to rear
• Railroad torpedo, a device to warn approaching trains upon entering protected trackage
• Narco torpedo, a type of clandestine towed underwater barge used for illicit cargos
• Pontiac Torpedo, a full-sized car produced by Pontiac from the 1940 through the 1948 model years

Music

• "Torpedo", a 1995 song by Eraserheads from the album Cutterpillow
• Torpedo (album), a 2022 album by Welsh band Feeder

Fiction

• Torpedo (comics) or Torpedo 1936, a Spanish comic book series
• Torpedo (2012 film), a Belgian film by Matthieu Donck
• Torpedo (2019 film), a Belgian action and war film
• Torpedo (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Torpedo (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Photon torpedo, fictional weapon popularized by the science fiction saga Star Trek
• Torpedo (Bob's Burgers), an episode of the animated series Bob's Burgers

Sports

• FC Torpedo Kharkiv, a former Ukrainian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Kutaisi, a Georgian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Minsk, a Belarusian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Moscow, a Russian Football Club
• FC Torpedo-RG, a Russian Football Club
• FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian Football Club
• FC Torpedo-ZIL, a defunct Russian Football Club, now FC Moscow
• FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, a Belarusian Football Club
• HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, a Russian Ice Hockey Club
  • Torpedo punt, a specialised kick used in Australian Rules Football
• Torpedo system, a strategy in ice hockey
• "The Torpedo", a nickname of the Russian auto racing driver Daniil Kvyat
• "Torpedo" Tom Blower (1914–1955), British long-distance swimmer
• "Thorpedo", a nickname of the Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe

Other uses

• Torpedo! (wargame), a 1979 board wargame about submarine warfare during World War II
• Torpedo (petroleum), explosive used in an oil well to start or increase the flow of oil
• Torpedo, Pennsylvania
• "Torpedo", 1920s slang for a hit man or "hired gun"
• "Torpedo", in American cigar slang, a cigar with a pointed tip, also called a pyramid or belicoso
• A type of drinking game (see shotgunning)
• A US beer keg with a capacity of 5.23 US gallons