The Collaborative International Dictionary
marine mine \ma*rine" mine`\, n. (Mil.) A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships pass nearby or come in contact with it. Its function is to destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline. Also called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo[2] (a) ).
Usage examples of "underwater mine".
The type of underwater mine that Giordino wants to attach to the huH of the Queen Artemisia.
The type of underwater mine that Giordino wants to attach to the hull of the Queen Artemisia.
The type of underwater mine that Giordino wants to attachto the huH of the Queen Artemisia.
Catfish quickly checked his map and saw that the F-16 had been hit a quarter mile from the location of the very last underwater mine.
Han calls a reluctant Lando away from he and Tendra's underwater mine on Varn to help.
And if it couldn't survive a hit from the most primitive of naval weapons, an underwater mine, and continue fighting, then it might not be worth all the money that had been sunk into the program.
She was designed in 1919 to be something of a copy of the German U-Cruiser class, and she was intended for use for both long-distance cruising and underwater mine laying.