There is very little information available concerning these Civil War submarines to be found in official record. Today it is known that a lot of work was done on developing and deploying submarines on both sides of the Civil War.
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There were many more experiments and developments over the next 80 plus years, but when the American Civil War came along submarine development got kicked up a notch.Ĭheck out my book for even more amazing Civil War Stories! Civil War Sub Development George Washington personally congratulated Lee on his survival and later gave him employment on secret service. However, he was unable to successfully attach the explosives to the ship and was forced to give up. Lee piloted the Turtle under the British flagship HMS Eagle and attempted to attach a large explosive charge to the bottom of the ship. The Turtle (left), as the sub was called, was built by David Bushnell and piloted by Ezra Lee of the Continental Army.
Day thus became the first recorded "death by submarine."įinally, in 1776, during the American Revolution, a submarine was used to attack an enemy ship. It is believed that his sub collapsed under the greater pressure in the much deeper water. Literally! He and a gambler started taking bets on how long he could stay submerged in the middle of Plymouth Sound. In the last half of the 1700s John Day successfully built a small sub he used to submerge in shallow water.
In the mid 1600s the "Rotterdam Boat" was built by the Netherlands to be used against the British, but failed because its propulsion system, a spring-driven clock-work mechanism, was far too weak to power the boat.
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