Greg Moorcroft has written:
'Damn the torpedoes!'
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"Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" A torpedoe in this case was really a naval mine.
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The submarine fired its torpedoes at the shark and they hit it in an instant.
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"Damned the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead!" is an apocryphal phrase said to be uttered by Rear Admiral David G Farragut of the US Navy, during the Battle of Mobile in the American Civil War, August 5, 1864.
It is most likely that Farragut actually said "Damn the Torpedoes, Four Bells, Captain Drayton!" (the commander of the ship he was on). He likely shouted to the captain of the nearest Union ship: "Go ahead, Jouett, Full Speed!" The two phrases have become united in common memory now, into the single phrase above.
In the context of the time "Torpedo" was what we now refer to as a "naval mine", not the self-propelled anti-ship weapon of today. So, more accurately for today's audience, Farragut was stating: "Ignore the minefield, press on at full speed!" He said this as part of his invading fleet was slowed due to one of the ships hitting a previously unknown mine; Farragut was hoping to press the attack into Mobile Bay quickly, so as to flank the shore batteries. He was successful, and the Union won the battle.
In a modern context, "Damn the Torpedoes!" is usually meant as "forget any problems we're having, press onward!" That is, ignore the problems you might be experiencing, under the assumption that you can complete the task anyway, after which those problems become irrelevant.
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The plural form of the noun torpedo is torpedoes.
The plural possessive form is torpedoes'.
Example: We tested several torpedoes but the torpedoes' accuracy was not to standard.
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The album The Best Damn Thing was released by Avril Lavigne in 2007 and the lead single off this was Girlfriend. Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer born in 1984 and she released her first album when she was seventeen called Let Go, Let Go. She also has released perfumes and has a Fashion label called Abbey Dawn.
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She has done four albums so far:
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When You're Gone was written for Avril Lavigne's 2007 album, The Best Damn Thing.
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The word torpedoes is a common plural noun. It does not need an apostrophe.The torpedoes had been loaded.
If torpedoes 'owns' something in the sentence, it needs an apostrophe.
The tornadoes' paths continued straight.
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no pilar is an upland area and there never been a torpedoes
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Torpedoes are built by factories using explosives, mechanisms, and propellers.
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It's not from a song, it's a quote from the latest Brand New album.
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She has 3 albums; Let Go (2002), Under My Skin (2004) & The Best Damn Thing (2007). Her own favourite songs are; from Let Go: Losing Grip Under My Skin: Together The Best Damn Thing: I Can Do Better
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Steam powered submarine torpedoes had a flaw when a submarine fired torpedoes in daylight. The torpedoes created a massive stream of bubbles that rose to the surface of the ocean and enemy ships could see that they were under attack. The bubble stream also gave away a submarine's position. This problem was solved for the Germans when they developed electric torpedoes. No bubbles were produced. The US Navy captured some of the enemy torpedoes and used them for models of their own new electric torpedoes.
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The lyrics to Make Damn Sure by Taking Back Sunday are available from P Lyrics, Metro Lyrics and Sing 365. The song is the first single from the groups third album, Louder Now.
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Drochrath air! (Damn it!)
Is cuma sa diabhal liom. (I don't care a damn.)
Dheamhan dada (Not a damn thing)
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It is estimated that about 22 Union ships were sunk by Confederate torpedoes. There were also about 12 ships that were seriously damaged by torpedoes.
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"Bangalore Torpedoes" .
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Robert Fulton invented the first naval torpedoes in 1797.
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No - most modern submarines, depending on type, have between 15 and 25 torpedoes aboard.
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Torpedoes are propelled by a variety of methods, such as electric batteries, compressed air, or a combination of both. Some torpedoes may also use a rocket or jet engine for propulsion.
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She used to have them she mainly had them when her album 'The Best Damn Thing' came out and she had one in her video rock n roll but she hasn't worn them since.
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Adm. David Glasgow Farragut was born July 5, 1801, near Knoxville, TN. He was the hero and victor at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, where he uttered his most famous quote, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.!"
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"Torpedoes" is a common noun. Common nouns are general names for people, places, things, or ideas, whereas proper nouns refer to specific names of people, places, or things. In this case, "torpedoes" is a general term for underwater missiles and does not refer to a specific, unique entity.
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I believe it was when Florida Evans on the tv series Good Times said "Damn Damn Damn".
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Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870), the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy at the time of the American Civil War. Aboard Hartford, Farragut entered Mobile Bay, Alabama, 5 August 1864, in two columns, with armored monitors leading and a fleet of wooden ships following. When the lead monitor Tecumseh was demolished by a mine, the wooden ship Brooklyn stopped, and the line drifted in confusion toward Fort Morgan. As disaster seemed imminent, Farragut gave the orders embodied by these famous words. He swung his own ship clear and headed across the mines, which failed to explode. The fleet followed and anchored above the forts, which, now isolated, surrendered one by one. The torpedoes to which Farragut and his contemporaries referred would today be described as tethered mines.
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Oh, dude, the singular word for torpedoes is... drumroll... torpedo. Like, it's not rocket science, man. Just drop that "es" and you're good to go.
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It's called "The Best Damn Thing" and was released on 16/17 April 2007. For further information, please see the Links section.
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There is usually a special hatch above the torpedo room where the torpedoes are carefully lowered in by crane and lots of guiding hands.
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He was famous because he said "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" when his ship entered into a mine field near Mobile during the civil war. He was a captain in the newly established continental navy. At that time they called mines torpedoes. The nearest thing they had to a torpedo like we use today was a mine strapped to a long pole on the front of a small boat. The boaters would row to the ship and bail over the side just before the mine blew up.
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Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution after North Vietnam forces attacked two United States destroyers (the Maddox and the C. Turner Joy).
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