Talk:Brennan torpedo

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Propose to move the location entry for Cork to the UK list, not the overseas list, unless there are arguments to the contrary. Cork was in the UK at the time of the construction. In fact, it's probably not at Cork even, more likely to be Queenstown, now known as Cobh, which was a Royal Navy base until 1938.

Brainhell sez: Since the Wikipiedia definition of guided missile refers exclusively to rockets, perhaps that definition, or this entry, should be changed so that the guided torpedo is not referred to as a guided missile. Brainhell 03:32, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Heh, was this thing like an underwater TOW missile? Masterblooregard 20:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Photos
Added two photos taken at Lei Yue Mun, there are two others in the series also now in the Commons though these two are probably the best.Koonan the almost civilised 20:04, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed photo request.KTo288 23:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Sunk
Is there a good reason this is at Brennan Torpedo instead of Brennan torpedo? When did "torpedo" become a proper noun? TREKphiler  hit me ♠  04:13, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You're quite correct - it should be "torpedo" with a small "t". Fixing it is a simple matter of a page move. Salmanazar (talk) 13:55, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

DDWFTTW
Apparently this is closely related to passive ("wind-powered") craft designed to travel "directly down wind still faster than the wind itself". This is noteworthy because it has proven counter-intuitive even to people that have a university physics education, resulting in long online forum debates and ingenious youtube explorations. Cesiumfrog (talk) 04:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Surviving example discussion
Hello, we've just published this article interviewing a curator from the Royal Engineers Museum, where he discusses their example of the Brennan torpedo in detail: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage/war+%2526+conflict/pre%252d20th+century+conflict/art72409. Would you be interested in adding a citation to this piece in the Surviving Example section? Disclaimer: I work at Culture24. Let me know what you think! All the best, RosieClarke (talk) 16:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)