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In September 1776 British Admiral Lord Howe, in his 74-gun ship of the line, Eagle, was in New York port to support the forces opposing George Washington as they advanced on the city. Suddenly the sailors spotted a small egg-shaped vessel lying nearby just under the waterline. From it came another, smaller object which floated towards their ship. Wisely, they sheered off just as the object exploded, sending up a plume of water. The very first submarine-launched torpedo had gone off and made history. Hardly a rip-roaring success for its inventor, Yale graduate David Bushnell - but a foretaste of things to come. For the majority of people the world below the sea is hard to imagine and the fears and excitement of submarine warfare quite alien. The submarines of the Second World War were 200-feet long, about the size of four London underground carriages put together, and a good deal of the space was taken up by the engine and water tank. On the surface, with its deck so close to the waterline, the ship was subject to all the worst effects of wind and weather. Below the water the atmosphere was claustrophobic, and air quality soon deteriorated. This book conjures up the peculiar combina

Author

Gunton, Michael

Publisher

Constable & Robinson Ltd

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781841194943

Subjects

History, Humanities