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I remember writing a paper about the Turtle in college. Not a lot of people know but the first deployment of the submarine was also the first deployment of an underwater time bomb. These bombs would see action in the war with them being credited for disabling the HMS Cutty Sark
The most nerve racking thing about a submarine is not submerging under the ocean but whether it will end up reemerging again i mean anything can go wrong when you're that far down
One gets used to it once you get in the mindset that it’s just a moving building with no windows that occasionally tilts, and will eventually stain your white clothes the slightest shade of brown.
@@spacemansquidoh man! Once you sidestep the panic…I gotta tip my hat to anyone who has done it. Veteran stories were intense and I am sure I don’t know the half of it.
If you're thinking of someone perishing with a sinking ship, I'd say that sinking practically straight down is not traveling under water. The same goes for falling from a cliff, that's not travelling in the air but a tour in a hot air balloon is.
I remember seeing that cross section technical drawing as a child in one of my dads history of warfare books. I studied it like mad so me and my buddies could build one too😂
I first saw it in the book "The history of inventions" in 1984 and was also fascinated. I have been dreaming of having a mini sub since then until maybe a decade ago when I got too old and scared of an underwater accident.
H.L Hunley actually sand three times, killing it's crew every time. The first two times it was quickly raised and given a new crew but the third time it was lost for a long long time. Closing the hatch as its third crew would make me a bit nervous if I knew what happened twice before.
The Dixon crew were quite well skilled with the boat, having piloted several successful trials with modifications and a much more steel nerved captain (Lt Dixon) than the quirky inventor. However hydrostatic shock was not well understood, so the Turtle would have killed its pilot too if successfully affixing the explosive and triggering it. The Hunley original attack design was to dive under the target and drag a mine on rope into the side of the ship anchored at seige station. Triggering the explosion when 200 yds away and surfaced. That could have worked with a surviving attack crew as the target ship would take the explosion on the far side...and Hunley would be surfaced. One of the trials had the torpedo (mine) rope get tangled and uncontrollable. Gen Beauregard insisted the weapon be converted to the well tested spar torpedo to deliver the charge...or the project abandoned. Point blank facing the explosion while underwater...the shock killed everyone...despite the success of sinking an enemy ship of the line and extinguishing two dozen siege cannons that were pounding Charleston nightly.
@@STho205 While I knew that the Hunley was the first submarine successfully used in combat, that it sank the Housitanic, that it didn't return, and that two earlier crews had perished, you've enlightened me of some other facts. Thank you!
I'm surprised, Simon, that you didn't mention that three years ago on this channel you released a video about the H.L. Hunley outlining it's success and many failures: 'The Ludicrously Dangerous Submarine that Somehow Became the First Sub to Sink Another Ship in Combat '
The of the matter is that "Spain's Ictíneo II with a double haul and a working ballast pump was the very first successful submarine. The Ictíneo II was a pioneering submarine Its launching took place in the Port of Barcelona on October 2, 1864 by the Spanish engineer Narcis Monturiol and it was the first air independent and combustion powered submarine and the first submarine to overcome the basic problems of machine powered underwater navigation.
Early diving bells were equally dismal, used for shipwreck salvage. Slaves were forced to descend in them, and when they saw something of value from a tiny side window, they exited the bell and returned with it. Hundreds died in the process, but dead slaves were a big writeoff for salvage ship captains.
Shameless plug, we have a lot of submarines at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT, to include a full scale model of the Turtle (and of course, the Nautilus)
I think you might be wrong there, as in there is no shame in promoting historical education, especially to those who would want to visit your museum. Hats off to you.
I heard about the Turtle from the American Revolution. It almost worked. The problem was he was trying to attach the mine with an auger, and because he was in the water, it was just pushing him off the ship instead of being pushed in.
I think it’s pretty interesting that DaVinci would have been thinking of people turning things into military weapons and not wanting to give out too much info on his ideas because he didn’t want to create weapons of war. Even if he is exaggerating how far along his ideas were in practice.
I don't know if you guys take suggestions, but I would be interested in a video on where the whole Punch Buggy thing came from (hitting the person next to you when you see a VW Bug) as always love the videos!
Great video. My family has a history of almost dying at sea, my greatgrandad got left for dead by his shipmates on a sinking uboat and my grandad had 3 ships get sunk within days or weeks of disembarking... Apparently the only time my granddad heard his father swear in 87 years they were walking along and he points across the street at a man and gos "that fucking bastard disobeyed orders and left me to die "also he never talked about the war so nobody knew till then
I've toured a few subs, Nuclear and otherwise, and it's a terrifyingly claustrophobic experience. The sleeping quarters are little more than barely walk in closets with sides lined with bunks. If you're on a top bunk, you have to wait for those below to exit before. There simply isn't enough room for six people to stand simultaneously. The hallways are just barely shoulder width wide. You're chest to chest with anyone passing in the opposite direction. You're surrounded by cables and pipes transferring electricity and high pressure steam. At the end of the hallways are very large, very thick, metal hatches that will absolutely be sealed if anything should happen. If anything goes wrong you will either die instantly, or suffer a death basically worse than anything you would wish on anyone, including Hitler. For this reason, submariners are trained to run headlong towards the hatches, and literally jump and dive headfirst through the hatches in the event of an emergency. One of my ROTC cadets later went on to join the Navy, and during one of these training drills broke his neck diving into a bulkhead. He missed. For these, and other reasons, I'd much rather die on land than underwater, and I'm honestly proud of anyone who can stomach the challenge.
Simon, I love your work. You have several great programs. My question to you is, what do you know about the "Battle of May Island?" This is something you should know about because it is something that happen right around the corner from you. Can't wait to hear from about this cluster-fuck.
i'd say that managing to create a machine thats semi-submersible during the 15th-16th is a success in itself, given the resources and knowledge they had at the time. yes it was abandoned in the end but i'd still count it as a success
Exactly right bro… If you have a child and they end up on the streets, or on drugs, or pregnant at 15, then you failed them 100%… There is no such thing as a bad seed or a child with the mind of their own. You dropped the fkn ball if your kid goes down the wrong path. If you make a kid feel loved and guide them the right way then the kid will choose the right. You can’t be a friend to a child, children don’t need friends, the need a teacher, and a coach… Good video brotha
On the island of San Telmo, Panama lies the first submarine used commercially to harvest pearls build during the U.S. Civil War in New York by a German engineer there is a project to try to salvage its remains. Also manually powered. Greetings from Panamá
Alexander the great had a giant enclosed glass submarine that let him sit below the water by a few metres. Apparently he saw a sun fish and got so scared he never used it again. So ya Alexander the great invented submarines
When a submarine can have the bow at crush depth and the stern on the surface then you just know The Royal Navy has just invented something more interesting than the last interesting thing.
A couple of more inventions , electrolosis of water , cloudes ocean lightning creating atmosphere. We would use electricity burning up steam and ocean water while v sking engineering a containment factor. With a couple of mini compressors and ocean water microwaved and electricity run through the system of steam and water , the Atmos is then made , varying a good battery system a microwave system and enclosing the front of a suite with containers for compressing gas as it's made making a long term diving system. Attaching the same systems so the air made is drawn from the turbine core the rotation that could be maintained would create Atmos and gas turbine propulsion engines , long tubes of long blades that Fry's the middle to keep rotation on the draw.. electric engines with a long term solution of atmosphere under water. The whole thing around a spiral of fluid drawn electrolosise for Atmos fluid Axel's enabling pressure to bare while we draw from its centre , perhaps a stronger stable to pressure for far deeper diving
In Groton or Essex ? Old Saybrook high schooler's built a working replica of the turtle in the 1990"s . I'm related to David Bushnell on my mother's side.
An incredible, in-depth look at how a WWII submarine worked. So much thought going into every detail! ruclips.net/video/FctRpaleRFc/видео.htmlsi=XJWGiIzmIRFz9K62
The Turtle was the FIRST Man Made vessel to propel itself in a controlled three Dimensional manner. It could move Up or Down, Side to Side or Forward or Backwards. The Spanish Ictineo II vessel had a controlled stable Ballast system with a modern Double Hull. The later Spanish Naval Officer Issac Peral's vessel was the first to have an Electric Battery motor drive with a functional Torpedo Tube as ordinance. But none of these vessels were TRUE Submarines. Instead they were short duration submersible ships which did NOT have a functional operating range. It was until the John Holland and Simon Lake Dual Propulsion designs that a practicable submersible vessel with range became a reality. Still, these vessels were NOT TRUE Submarines. Just submersible torpedo boats with short Diving times. Not until Nuclear Power, did a TRUE SUBMARINE become possible. A vessel with Unlimited Diving Duration.
Originally designed to dive under the target and drag a mine (torpedo) into the hull, then trigger it when about 200yds off on the far side of the target ship. In the last weeks it was converted to carry a spar torpedo...which did in fact make it a crewed torpedo....as there was no way to back off far enough on the explosion side to escape the shock wave. A lot of people died trying to make airplanes work too a few decades later. Several CW balloonists died due to bad design of early balloons. Things like the gas balloon slipping out of the netting while hundreds of feet aloft...whoops.
"Blown up beyond the attraction of the Earth" is the precursor to, "launch it into the sun." Who else in those days used that phrase? Was it the first time it was known to be used. Either way, pretty funny to read ye olde hyperbole.
Check out the history of the Civil Air Patrol in the US. Critical in the recovery of the first enigma machine and still functioning to this day performing critical search and rescue exercises in the US as well as disaster relief services. The organization was essential in America's response to both 9-11 and the Hurricane Katrina relief. Definitely a deep dive into a group that no one has heard of which performs incredible services behind the scenes. I'd love to see your thoughts on the group it'll surprise you a lot
Don't agree with your statement about the enigma. The poles stole one and gave it to the Brits prior to WWII. HMS Bulldog captured one from a U Boat. And a few more were captured before the yanks got one which wasn't needed.
The Turtle was a relatively successful weapon. Its main drawbacks were that it only killed one rebel at a time and there was some difficulty in persuading them to get into it in the first place. The CSS Hunley was rather more efficient killing up to ten confederates at a time and some were persuaded to get into it on at least 3 occasions before the high command caught wise to the union plan.
This video brought to you in part by our Patrons over on Patreon. If you’d like to support our efforts here directly, and our continued efforts to improve our videos, as well as do more ultra in-depth long form videos that built in ads and even sponsors don’t always cover fully, check out our Patreon page and perks here: www.patreon.com/TodayIFoundOut And as ever, thanks for watching!
I remember writing a paper about the Turtle in college. Not a lot of people know but the first deployment of the submarine was also the first deployment of an underwater time bomb.
These bombs would see action in the war with them being credited for disabling the HMS Cutty Sark
The most nerve racking thing about a submarine is not submerging under the ocean but whether it will end up reemerging again i mean anything can go wrong when you're that far down
The exact opposite of the airplane in fact.
@@bigphil8848 i mean all planes land but not all will take off, it's just a matter of how.
You get used to it when you're under
One gets used to it once you get in the mindset that it’s just a moving building with no windows that occasionally tilts, and will eventually stain your white clothes the slightest shade of brown.
@@spacemansquidoh man! Once you sidestep the panic…I gotta tip my hat to anyone who has done it. Veteran stories were intense and I am sure I don’t know the half of it.
King James probably wasn't the first monarch to travel under water, maybe the first to do so willingly and survive.
If you're thinking of someone perishing with a sinking ship, I'd say that sinking practically straight down is not traveling under water. The same goes for falling from a cliff, that's not travelling in the air but a tour in a hot air balloon is.
@@skunkjobb I'm thinking of drowning in a river. Currents and all that.
lol.
I do believe that Alexander the Great took a dive in an Underwater Bell.
I love that the old drawings have the operator wearing a proper gentleman's suit.
Lol and his hair!
The Drebble's design was tested at 2/3rds scale during the 00's actually, as part of a BBC2 tv series. The tests proved the concept was possible.
Submarine rule #1 count number of dives and number of surfacings, divide by 2. If the answer does not come out even, do not open the hatch.
Is this a submariner rule like alot of units in any countries army
Not rule but superstition is more fitting
@@lewallen2897 I don't know, I would only call it a superstition if my name was Aquaman.
@popuptarget7386 nuclear icbm or just nuke powered missile subs vs aqua man I know who I pick
Ha ha!!
American Revolution Turtle: Deploys
Hunt For Red october Theme: Intensifies
I remember seeing that cross section technical drawing as a child in one of my dads history of warfare books. I studied it like mad so me and my buddies could build one too😂
I first saw it in the book "The history of inventions" in 1984 and was also fascinated. I have been dreaming of having a mini sub since then until maybe a decade ago when I got too old and scared of an underwater accident.
Legend!
H.L Hunley actually sand three times, killing it's crew every time. The first two times it was quickly raised and given a new crew but the third time it was lost for a long long time. Closing the hatch as its third crew would make me a bit nervous if I knew what happened twice before.
the fenian ram built by john holland was the first really practical submersible that actually worked rather than being a suicide sub!
The Dixon crew were quite well skilled with the boat, having piloted several successful trials with modifications and a much more steel nerved captain (Lt Dixon) than the quirky inventor.
However hydrostatic shock was not well understood, so the Turtle would have killed its pilot too if successfully affixing the explosive and triggering it.
The Hunley original attack design was to dive under the target and drag a mine on rope into the side of the ship anchored at seige station. Triggering the explosion when 200 yds away and surfaced. That could have worked with a surviving attack crew as the target ship would take the explosion on the far side...and Hunley would be surfaced.
One of the trials had the torpedo (mine) rope get tangled and uncontrollable. Gen Beauregard insisted the weapon be converted to the well tested spar torpedo to deliver the charge...or the project abandoned.
Point blank facing the explosion while underwater...the shock killed everyone...despite the success of sinking an enemy ship of the line and extinguishing two dozen siege cannons that were pounding Charleston nightly.
@@STho205 While I knew that the Hunley was the first submarine successfully used in combat, that it sank the Housitanic, that it didn't return, and that two earlier crews had perished, you've enlightened me of some other facts. Thank you!
I love that poem! I’m an amateur historian and I have never read that before. Good job, sir!
Someone built a full-sized replica of the Turtle and it worked. It was first tested in a swimming pool, then a harbor.
I'm surprised, Simon, that you didn't mention that three years ago on this channel you released a video about the H.L. Hunley outlining it's success and many failures: 'The Ludicrously Dangerous Submarine that Somehow Became the First Sub to Sink Another Ship in Combat
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The of the matter is that "Spain's Ictíneo II with a double haul and a working ballast pump was the very first successful submarine. The Ictíneo II was a pioneering submarine Its launching took place in the Port of Barcelona on October 2, 1864 by the Spanish engineer Narcis Monturiol and it was the first air independent and combustion powered submarine and the first submarine to overcome the basic problems of machine powered underwater navigation.
Early diving bells were equally dismal, used for shipwreck salvage. Slaves were forced to descend in them, and when they saw something of value from a tiny side window, they exited the bell and returned with it. Hundreds died in the process, but dead slaves were a big writeoff for salvage ship captains.
Shameless plug, we have a lot of submarines at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT, to include a full scale model of the Turtle (and of course, the Nautilus)
I think you might be wrong there, as in there is no shame in promoting historical education, especially to those who would want to visit your museum. Hats off to you.
Submarines; brilliant, psychotic, and fascinating machines.
I heard about the Turtle from the American Revolution. It almost worked. The problem was he was trying to attach the mine with an auger, and because he was in the water, it was just pushing him off the ship instead of being pushed in.
Another episode about the continuous development until the first "true" submarines we all know today were made would be nice.
Always the best, Simon.
Lee managed to buck the tide down the Hudson?! That alone is very impressive. The Turtle was vastly more successful as a vessel than the Hunley.
Yes it was indeed. Its main weapon was the problem not the sub.
I think it’s pretty interesting that DaVinci would have been thinking of people turning things into military weapons and not wanting to give out too much info on his ideas because he didn’t want to create weapons of war. Even if he is exaggerating how far along his ideas were in practice.
Thanks for another fascinating presentation , cheers Simon xxx
Love the name of this sub
I don't know if you guys take suggestions, but I would be interested in a video on where the whole Punch Buggy thing came from (hitting the person next to you when you see a VW Bug)
as always love the videos!
Coming from Connecticut the turtle fills me with pride.
Don't be silly. Everybody knows it was Captain Nemo!
Finding Nemo, aka Nemo Hoes
Fun Fact: the Hunley was discovered by novelist Clive Cussler who ran a real-world team of his fictionalised NUMA from his books.
Great video. My family has a history of almost dying at sea, my greatgrandad got left for dead by his shipmates on a sinking uboat and my grandad had 3 ships get sunk within days or weeks of disembarking...
Apparently the only time my granddad heard his father swear in 87 years they were walking along and he points across the street at a man and gos "that fucking bastard disobeyed orders and left me to die "also he never talked about the war so nobody knew till then
Simon I love all of your Videos ^-^
Hoping the answer is Thomas Dolby.
15:50 bars.
I've toured a few subs, Nuclear and otherwise, and it's a terrifyingly claustrophobic experience. The sleeping quarters are little more than barely walk in closets with sides lined with bunks. If you're on a top bunk, you have to wait for those below to exit before. There simply isn't enough room for six people to stand simultaneously.
The hallways are just barely shoulder width wide. You're chest to chest with anyone passing in the opposite direction. You're surrounded by cables and pipes transferring electricity and high pressure steam. At the end of the hallways are very large, very thick, metal hatches that will absolutely be sealed if anything should happen.
If anything goes wrong you will either die instantly, or suffer a death basically worse than anything you would wish on anyone, including Hitler. For this reason, submariners are trained to run headlong towards the hatches, and literally jump and dive headfirst through the hatches in the event of an emergency. One of my ROTC cadets later went on to join the Navy, and during one of these training drills broke his neck diving into a bulkhead. He missed.
For these, and other reasons, I'd much rather die on land than underwater, and I'm honestly proud of anyone who can stomach the challenge.
Amazing the stories people believe when those prankster submariners get playful with them.
The first submarine used in combat was in the 1500s by Korea called the dragon
Simon, I love your work. You have several great programs. My question to you is, what do you know about the "Battle of May Island?" This is something you should know about because it is something that happen right around the corner from you. Can't wait to hear from about this cluster-fuck.
@15:14
Simon can really rap
i'd say that managing to create a machine thats semi-submersible during the 15th-16th is a success in itself, given the resources and knowledge they had at the time. yes it was abandoned in the end but i'd still count it as a success
Good Job!
Exactly right bro… If you have a child and they end up on the streets, or on drugs, or pregnant at 15, then you failed them 100%… There is no such thing as a bad seed or a child with the mind of their own. You dropped the fkn ball if your kid goes down the wrong path. If you make a kid feel loved and guide them the right way then the kid will choose the right. You can’t be a friend to a child, children don’t need friends, the need a teacher, and a coach…
Good video brotha
On the island of San Telmo, Panama lies the first submarine used commercially to harvest pearls build during the U.S. Civil War in New York by a German engineer there is a project to try to salvage its remains. Also manually powered. Greetings from Panamá
Da Vinci invented the submarine 🙌🏼
Then the first nuclear sub was the USS Nautilus, also built in CT
nice
Summer is here guys, simons in a t-shirt....
Necessity really is the mother of invention. ❤❤
I would love to see a modern version of the Turtle made... Using fiberglass, foam, and aluminum...
Talking about Submarines you should look into Simon Lake.
Love subs!
Alexander the great had a giant enclosed glass submarine that let him sit below the water by a few metres. Apparently he saw a sun fish and got so scared he never used it again. So ya Alexander the great invented submarines
didn't the Hunley kill its creator?
I got that from Wacky War Tactics in another Nutshell by BlueJay.
I didn’t invent them. But I did spend many years riding them. EM1(SS)
When a submarine can have the bow at crush depth and the stern on the surface then you just know The Royal Navy has just invented something more interesting than the last interesting thing.
That poetry around 13:09 is FIRE
Eminem in shambles
I think you meant time index 15:11 .
I can't wait to listen to simon tell me about people in a nutshell for the 20000th time!
Kamakaze submarines are exciting
The most recent attempt to invent a new submarine didn’t go to well either.
This guy is the definition of metro
Clearly it was Captain Nemo from the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" 😅 🤷🏻♀️
From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*
Yesterday i found out that Whistle boi has started collecting presentors in his wruter basement dungeon.
Simon kinda looks like Bigfoot from Harry and the Hendersons in the thumbnail 🤔
it was invented by a person who liked diving and swiming in water without doing the swiming job himself
The US was a pioneer designer of practical, successful wooden submarines ... thanks for sharing ...Britain navy received the first slap
The first submarine to successfully sink another ship was the Confederate submarine (H L Hunley). It sank a Union ship. The British weren't involved.
I have IBD and bloat, it's others who should fear my bowels 😂
Next up, who invented... the hoagie
Daniel Hoagie?
I think you mean "Grinder".
Starfishes love the water
All the work and patriotism put into a submarine that only ended up killing 2 children. The founding fathers must have been so proud!
It is my belief that the arguments in the comments about what submarine was used first in combat lead to this video...
I find it really odd the team left out the mentioning - Fenian Ram the first real sub made.
Probably because it wasn't the first by decades.
@@freddieclark "The Fenian Ram was the world's first practical submarine" dont know then
@@davyjones1335 Read the title of the video again and have a think about it. I am well aware of the Fenian ram.
@@freddieclark still believe its worth mentioning, although I understand your attempt to troll enjoy.
@@davyjones1335 Not trolling, just being factual.
Ay yo, that is the creepiest thumbnail I've seen in a while. Simon looks like a weird AI generated fever dream funhouse caricature of himself
Real ones know that sokka invented the submarine
The first inventor i thought of was davinci
A couple of more inventions , electrolosis of water , cloudes ocean lightning creating atmosphere. We would use electricity burning up steam and ocean water while v sking engineering a containment factor. With a couple of mini compressors and ocean water microwaved and electricity run through the system of steam and water , the Atmos is then made , varying a good battery system a microwave system and enclosing the front of a suite with containers for compressing gas as it's made making a long term diving system. Attaching the same systems so the air made is drawn from the turbine core the rotation that could be maintained would create Atmos and gas turbine propulsion engines , long tubes of long blades that Fry's the middle to keep rotation on the draw.. electric engines with a long term solution of atmosphere under water. The whole thing around a spiral of fluid drawn electrolosise for Atmos fluid Axel's enabling pressure to bare while we draw from its centre , perhaps a stronger stable to pressure for far deeper diving
what ever happened to simon's beard oil?
@16:06 Hey! Thats our model of the Turtle in the museum!
In Groton or Essex ? Old Saybrook high schooler's built a working replica of the turtle in the 1990"s . I'm related to David Bushnell on my mother's side.
What if you just put a tree inside a submarine infinite air
I did. So spare your time and in case you've got any questions, ask me.
An incredible, in-depth look at how a WWII submarine worked. So much thought going into every detail!
ruclips.net/video/FctRpaleRFc/видео.htmlsi=XJWGiIzmIRFz9K62
They had the right idea, just not the right technology and mechanics.
Not even close.
I never knew you.
Why does every image have the same “aging” overlay?
Why do old maps deliberately have minor errors?
Did... did David Bushnal kill his family?!
Am I the only one who watches these videos at .75 speed?
The Turtle was the FIRST Man Made vessel to propel itself in a controlled three Dimensional manner. It could move Up or Down, Side to Side or Forward or Backwards. The Spanish Ictineo II vessel had a controlled stable Ballast system with a modern Double Hull. The later Spanish Naval Officer Issac Peral's vessel was the first to have an Electric Battery motor drive with a functional Torpedo Tube as ordinance. But none of these vessels were TRUE Submarines. Instead they were short duration submersible ships which did NOT have a functional operating range. It was until the John Holland and Simon Lake Dual Propulsion designs that a practicable submersible vessel with range became a reality. Still, these vessels were NOT TRUE Submarines. Just submersible torpedo boats with short Diving times. Not until Nuclear Power, did a TRUE SUBMARINE become possible. A vessel with Unlimited Diving Duration.
A Diesel submarine is a submarine
Im fast as frick boi
First submarines were eco friendly, you & your submarine would dissolve at the bottom of the river when it failed 😅😅
Leather submarines are a great way to repurpose unwanted animal hides.
Today I fucked around, and then found this channel
I never knew they had submarines during the civil war
Yup, more like a crewed torpedo though
@@diqweed69 true but it's still incredible that they invented something like that
@@spritemon98. Just another dreamed up way for humans to murder each other
Originally designed to dive under the target and drag a mine (torpedo) into the hull, then trigger it when about 200yds off on the far side of the target ship.
In the last weeks it was converted to carry a spar torpedo...which did in fact make it a crewed torpedo....as there was no way to back off far enough on the explosion side to escape the shock wave.
A lot of people died trying to make airplanes work too a few decades later.
Several CW balloonists died due to bad design of early balloons. Things like the gas balloon slipping out of the netting while hundreds of feet aloft...whoops.
....mmmmm..Jersey Mike's?
The USA Built the Turtle in the Revolutionary war.
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
America. Fuck yeah.
Late to the program as ever. Honestly. :)
My dad said he created the submarine. I exist. Must be true.
"Blown up beyond the attraction of the Earth" is the precursor to, "launch it into the sun." Who else in those days used that phrase? Was it the first time it was known to be used. Either way, pretty funny to read ye olde hyperbole.
The submarine was invented by Irish man John Philip Holland in 1881.
@cathalhealy9717 - If that's the case then how is the existence of the Hunley many years before 1881 explained?
Bushnell's Turtle was nearly 100 years before Holland.
THE TURTLE FAILED CAUSE A SOLDIER WAS OPERATING IT TURDS
Check out the history of the Civil Air Patrol in the US. Critical in the recovery of the first enigma machine and still functioning to this day performing critical search and rescue exercises in the US as well as disaster relief services. The organization was essential in America's response to both 9-11 and the Hurricane Katrina relief. Definitely a deep dive into a group that no one has heard of which performs incredible services behind the scenes.
I'd love to see your thoughts on the group it'll surprise you a lot
Oh heck yea. The Civil Air Patrol is really an interesting bit of History to tell!
I was part of Squadron 25 in Southern California.. did SAR Comms.
Don't agree with your statement about the enigma. The poles stole one and gave it to the Brits prior to WWII. HMS Bulldog captured one from a U Boat. And a few more were captured before the yanks got one which wasn't needed.
Please close the hatch
The Turtle was a relatively successful weapon. Its main drawbacks were that it only killed one rebel at a time and there was some difficulty in persuading them to get into it in the first place. The CSS Hunley was rather more efficient killing up to ten confederates at a time and some were persuaded to get into it on at least 3 occasions before the high command caught wise to the union plan.
That is not a submarine.
Did it submerge?
Submarines doesn’t exist! I’ve never seen one!