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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1205
Type of record:Building
Name:Brennan Torpedo Station (Cliffe Fort)

Summary

Brennan Torpedo Station constructed during 1870's maintained in use until early 1900's. Worlds first guided missile for use against shipping.

Grid Reference:TQ 7065 7669
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1003403: Cliffe Fort

Full description

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No internal features surviving, ie empty rooms. However, observation cupola has identifiable parts of structure remaining. The top of which appears to have been converted into a light anti-aircraft position during World War two (twin Maxim gun Beaverette).
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : None at present, only if Cliffe Fort restored and opened to the public.
Condition : poor
Date of visit : 06/09/29

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cliffe parish. The report states: "The launch rails for the Brennan Torpedo station which was installed in 1890 can be seen at low water." (5)


Norman Thomas, 01/01/80, Louis Brennan Inventor Extraordinaire (Article in monograph). SKE14272.

Norman Thomas, 01/01/80, Louis Brennan Inventor Extraordinaire (Article in monograph). Ske14272.

MMRG, 09/06/06, Brennan Torpedoe Station Cliffe (Photograph). SKE14501.

MMRG, 09/06/06, Brennan Torpedoe Station Cliffe (Photograph). Ske14501.

<5> Historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31591.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Article in monograph: Norman Thomas. 01/01/80. Louis Brennan Inventor Extraordinaire.
---Photograph: MMRG. 09/06/06. Brennan Torpedoe Station Cliffe.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54.