Invention The Brennan Torpedo (1882 - )

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Summary

The Brennan Torpedo was devised by Louis Brennan whilst he was studying engineering at the University of Melbourne. In 1887 the Royal Navy paid 110,000 pounds sterling for the exclusive right to manufacture it.

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Published resources

Books

  • Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details

Book Sections

  • Brown, D. K., 'The Brennan Torpedo', in A. Preston (ed.), Warship 2006, Conway Maritime Press Ltd., London, 2006, pp. 147-149. Details
  • Eardley-Wilmot, S M, 'Torpedo', in The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11 edn, vol. 27, The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, New York, 1911, pp. 53-58. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'An Australian torpedo', Engineering, vol. 24, 14 September 1877, p. 217. Details
  • 'Brennan's Torpedo', The Engineer, vol. 54, 14 July 1882, p. 26. Details
  • 'The Brennan Torpedo', Engineering, vol. 39, 29 May 1885, p. 612. Details
  • 'The Brennan Torpedo', The Engineer, vol. 59, 29 May 1885, p. 422. Details
  • 'The Brennan torpedo', Engineering, vol. 44, 29 July 1887, p. 124. Details
  • 'Locomotive torpedoes', The Engineer, vol. 65, 24 February 1888, p. 147. Details
  • 'Trial of the Brennan torpedo', The Engineer, vol. 68, 19 July 1889, p. 45. Details
  • 'The Brennan Torpedo', The Engineer, vol. 71, 17 April 1891, pp. 303-304. Details
  • R. N., 'Letters to the Editor: The Brennan torpedo and defence of our ports', The Engineer, vol. 71, 1 May 1891, p. 345. Details
  • Tickell, F., 'Locomotive torpedoes (Uncontrollable Type)', Journal of the United Service Institution of Victoria, vol. 5, no. 4, August 1896, pp. 3-24. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'The Gun or the Torpedo', The New York Times, 27 September 1890, p. 9. Details

Theses

  • Millar, R. N., 'Studies in the International Influence of Australian Technology 1850-1910', Thesis, 1993, 135-196 pp. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Brown, D. K., 'The Brennan Torpedo', in A. Preston (ed.), Warship 2006, Conway Maritime Press Ltd., London, 2006, pp. 147-149; Eardley-Wilmot, S M, 'Torpedo', in The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11 edn, vol. 27, The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, New York, 1911, pp. 53-58.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby