Year: 1961 Language: English Author: Leyland E. Genre: History Publisher: London: Edmund Ward Format: PDF, ePUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 150 Description: Here is the fascinating history of the submarine from the basic principles outlined by William Bourne in 1578—obtained through laborious and often fatal experiments—to the present day, with the prospect of passenger-carrying vessels in the foreseeable future. In the early stages of development many brave pioneers lost their lives in trying to prove to a sceptical public that the submarine could and would revolutionise shipping and produce a new and devastating kind of warfare. Experiments were watched years later by the early British and French navies. Both realised the potential ferocity of this weapon, but both refused to have anything to do with it! At last the submarine was recognised for its war-making properties and in 1914 an Austrian, Captain Luppis, designed the torpedo, thus forming a formidable duet. During the Second World War, Asdic and Radar were put to use and these increased the efficiency and vulnerability of the submarine—for it could now detect and be detected. A further hazard was that of the depth-charge, developed by the Turks in a desperate attempt to make good the losses of enemy shipping by British submarines. Now a new era has commenced for the submarine. In peace as well as war this amazing craft has proved itself versatile. The achievement of the nuclear-powered Nautilus in its journey under the North Pole, the design of the British Dreadnought and the prospect of passenger-carrying craft all indicate an exciting future.
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Crash Dive - The Story of the Submarine
Language: English
Author: Leyland E.
Genre: History
Publisher: London: Edmund Ward
Format: PDF, ePUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 150
Description: Here is the fascinating history of the submarine from the basic principles outlined by William Bourne in 1578—obtained through laborious and often fatal experiments—to the present day, with the prospect of passenger-carrying vessels in the foreseeable future.
In the early stages of development many brave pioneers lost their lives in trying to prove to a sceptical public that the submarine could and would revolutionise shipping and produce a new and devastating kind of warfare. Experiments were watched years later by the early British and French navies. Both realised the potential ferocity of this weapon, but both refused to have anything to do with it!
At last the submarine was recognised for its war-making properties and in 1914 an Austrian, Captain Luppis, designed the torpedo, thus forming a formidable duet.
During the Second World War, Asdic and Radar were put to use and these increased the efficiency and vulnerability of the submarine—for it could now detect and be detected. A further hazard was that of the depth-charge, developed by the Turks in a desperate attempt to make good the losses of enemy shipping by British submarines.
Now a new era has commenced for the submarine. In peace as well as war this amazing craft has proved itself versatile. The achievement of the nuclear-powered Nautilus in its journey under the North Pole, the design of the British Dreadnought and the prospect of passenger-carrying craft all indicate an exciting future.
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