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| has gloss | eng: | |} The third HMS Polyphemus was a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbours at speed and sink anchored ships. Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby as primarily as a protected torpedo boat, the ram was provided very much as secondary armament. |
| lexicalization | eng: HMS Polyphemus |
| instance of | c/Ships of the Royal Navy |
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| media:img | HMS Polyphemus diagrams Brasseys 1888.jpg |
| media:img | Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |
| media:img | PolyphemusRam.jpg |
| media:img | PolyphemusShip.jpg |
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