| 1 | They sank my boat. | |
| 2 | Our torpedo boats bore down on the enemy cruiser. | |
| 3 | I looked and saw three German torpedo boats approaching the shore. | |
| 4 | Later Beiyang Navy retreated to Weihaiwei Military Port for self protection. Warship Dingyuan was shot by torpedoes of Japanese Navy penetrating into the port and it was forced to ground. | |
| 5 | That message also sharply protested an attack by Isreali torpedo boats on a Soviet merchant ship in a Syrian harbor. |