HMS Polyphemus (1881) HMS Polyphemus (1881) The third HMS "Polyphemus" was a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbours at speed and sink anchored ships. Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby primarily as a protected torpedo boat, the ram was provided very much as secondary armament. It has been suggested that H. G. Wells’ fictional HMS "Thunder Child" from his novel "The War of the Worlds" may have been based on this ship, in part because he described "Thunder Child" as an ironclad torpedo ram, and "Polyphemus" was the only ship
Dynamo (Avengers in Sci-Fi album) tour starting on the 13th of November and finishing on February the 19th. All lyrics written by Tarō Kohata, all music written and songs performed by Avengers in Sci-Fi. Dynamo (Avengers in Sci-Fi album) Dynamo (stylised as dynamo) is Japanese electro-rock band Avengers in Sci-Fi's third studio album, and first under a major record label. It was released on October 13, 2010, as an exclusive download on iTunes simultaneously with their live album "Crazy Gonna Spacey", with the album's wide release on the 20th. The album was led by a preceding single, "Delight Slight Lightspeed," in September. It was released