An item referred to the magazine Engineering dated 13 July 1890 reporting that at the end of the budget year 1889-1890 the British cabinet already paid around 1,5 million guilders for buying and manufacturing of Brennan torpedoes and still to pay another 384.000 guilders. In the last week were some important tests executed along the coast of the island Wight. An aged 500 tons coal brig while towed passed with a speed of 10 miles the torpedo station. While passing was a torpedo fired rapidly approaching her target although first too far backward. With slightly changing the course was the brig at starboard side strike and due to the 150 kg explosives totally destroyed.
