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
Sci-Fi-London York and Exeter, in February and March of that year. In January 2010, SCI-FI-LONDON made its very first trip abroad, when the festival traveled to Powai, Mumbai and Ahmedadad, to hold screenings and workshops as SCI-FI-LONDON-In-India. With many positive responses from all three venues, it is now hoped that further events of this type might be possible in the future. Not only acting as a first point of reference for the Film Festival itself, the SCI-FI-LONDON website also provides year-round "News", "Interviews", "Reviews", "Podcasts", "Listings" and "Competitions", on a similar range of topics to that of the festival. The website