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Tuesday 13 December 2016

British Royal navy acquired Brennan torpedo design according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1897-1898 No. 6

An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the British House of Commons approved a credit of 2.750.000 French francs for acquiring the Brennan-torpedo design.(1)

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1. Invented by Louis Brennan (28 January 1852 Castlebar, Ireland-17 January 1932 Montreux, Switzerland). The torpedo was connected with wires to a shore station making it possible to guide the torpedo towards the target with a maximum range of 1,800 metres/2.000 yards.