submersible warship

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submersible warship - a warship designed to operate under water

submersible

pigboat, submarine, U-boat, sub - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war

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The German Type XXI high-speed, long-endurance, diesel-electric submarine was arguably the first modern submarine--a truly submersible warship. By the war's end over a hundred Type XXIs were working up in the Baltic Sea, but they made no operational patrols.

The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945

The hour long programme also followed engineers, designers and skilled craftsmen as they worked on the awe-inspiring submersible warship, from the initial stages of production to its first journey into the open sea.