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First Submarine Designed
First submarine built by Cornelius Drebbel,a dutchman in service of James 1 of England. The design was outlined by William Bourne. -
Thame´s Fame
Two more improved submarines were tested in the city of Thames between 1620-1624 -
Military Potential
First submersibles
Bishop John Wilkins of Chester, England realized the strategic advantages of submarines for military purposes. -
First Military Submarine
Turtle was the first military submarine. It was a hand powered acorn shaped submarine. Built by the American David Bushnell -
American Revoloutionary War
The continental army tried and failed to sink the British warship in New York Harbor -
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France tried to make Submarine
France built a human powered submarine designed by the American Robert Fulton. It was called the Nautilus. But in 1804 the French finally gave up as did the British later on. -
War of 1812
In 1814 Silas Halsey lost his wife in a fatal, unsucessful attack. -
First South American Submarine
Submarino Hipopótamo was the first submarine that south America built. The tested it in Equador. Designed by Jose Rodriguez Labandera, who successfully crossed the Guayas River in Guayaquil accompanied by Jose Quevedo. They crossed the Guayas two more times. -
Brandtaucher
Wilhelm Bauer took a submarine, which he designed, for a test try. Afterflooding the vessel, but the three crewman managed to escape. This submarine was made by August Howaldt. -
Flach
This submarine was comissioned in 1865 by the Chilean government during the war of Chile and Peru against Spain. Sadly, during the test in the Valparaiso bay in 1866. -
United Stated got their first submarine
United States Navy purchased the revolutionary Holland VI and renamed it USS Holland (SS-1), America's first commissioned submarine. This design was developed into Adder by the U.S. and Holland by the Royal Navy. -
French made big ships
Commissioned in June 1900, the French steam and electric Narval introduced the classic double-hull design, with a pressure hull inside the outer shell. These 200-ton ships had a range of over 100 miles (160 km) underwater. -
Aigrette
The French submarine Aigrette in 1904 further improved the submarine by using a diesel rather than a gasoline engine for surface power. Lots of these submarines were built, seventy-six were completed before 1914. -
Japn built their first submarine
Constructed by Kawasaki beginning in 1904. The Kaigun Holland Type #6 and #7 were each launched on 28 September but a year apart, in 1905 and 1906 respectively -
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World War 1
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In World War 2
Germany had the largest submarine fleet during World War II. During World War II, the IJN operated the most varied fleet of submarines of any navy; including Kaiten crewed torpedoes, midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki and Kairyu), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines and long-range fleet submarines. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many of the U.S. Navy's up-front Pacific Fleet surface ships were demolished or severely damaged. -
USS Alexandria
USS Alexandria was part of the Joint U.S. Navy/Royal Navy Ice Exercise 2007 (ICEX-2007) in the Arctic Ocean with the Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Tireless. -
USS Annapolis
USS Annapolis participated in Ice Exercise 2009 to test submarine operability and war-fighting capability in Arctic conditions