Anti-torpedo device of 1888 - note the inventor's name

[Slats]

http://gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/galleries/50-years-at-state-records-nsw/4-07/

Ironic ain't it.
J

[Rpmtech1]

Ha, I dident know you were that old.

WTF is that thing? looks like a farm cutting impliment. Dont see how it would stop a torpedo, minus jamming it in the tube!

[Slats]

The Canadians came up with something called the Foxer - towed behind a ship it decoyed the GNAT (German Naval Acoustic Torpedo), I initially thought it might be some of towed noise maker BUT this is 1888 - many many years before acoustic torpedoes. The inventor (no relation) was an ideas man. - Shame he could not explain it to the Naval Authorities at the time. Looks to me like some sort contemporary modern artist's wet dream.
J