craftycarper 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 looks like the remnants of my discarded condom box Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Magwitch Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Oh its a Brennan torpedo launcher Correct The Brennan Torpedo was the world's first guided missile. Patented by Irish inventor Louis Brennan in 1877, it worked by two contra-rotating propellors that were spun by rapidly pulling out wires from drums wound inside the torpedo. Differential speed on the wires connected to the shore station allowed the torpedo to be guided to its target, up to 2,000 yards away. After initial trials near Melbourne, Australia, an experimental station was established in the UK at Garrison Point Fort on the River Thames. Operational stations were established in the UK at Cliffe Fort, Fort Albert on the Isle of Wight and Plymouth. Other stations included Fort Camden in Cork, Ireland, and Lei Yue Mun Fort in Hong Kong. The only remaining original Brennan Torpedo is exhibited at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent. However, traces of the installation at Fort Camden in County Cork remained as recently as 1985 This type of torpedo only sank one ship, and that was by accident .[citation needed] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runforyourlife 361 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Good one, but iam sorry, never heard of it.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferretess 230 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Oh its a Brennan torpedo launcher You said/wrote that as though every body should know it. Hope your right. Cheers, D. Summat i remembered seeing on telly a while ago And who said watching telly aint good for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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