Submarine

Military1620Cornelis DrebbelNetherlands

InventorCornelis Drebbel

Year1620

CategoryMilitary

OriginNetherlands

About Submarine

Drebble built the first navigable submarine for King James I. It was powered by oars and could stay submerged for 3 hours. Turtle, a one-man submarine, attacked a British ship in 1776 but failed. The Hunley was the first to sink a ship, in 1864, then itself sank.

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