Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

PART III.

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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I. THE BRITISH SUBMARINES 249

APPENDIX II. THE AMERICAN SUBMARINES 261

APPENDIX III. THE FRENCH SUBMARINES 273

APPENDIX IV. SUBMARINES OLD AND NEW 311

APPENDIX V. THE LAKE SUBMARINES 319

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 331

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE “DAVID AND GOLIATH” _Frontispiece_

MODEL OF FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINE _Title-page_

THE FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINE 7

“SHARK” ON THE STOCKS 11

LAUNCH OF THE “SHARK” 17

THE “FULTON” 23

EMERGING TO TAKE BEARINGS 47

BENEATH THE WAVES 53

INTERIOR OF FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINES 65

SUBMARINE OF A. CONSTANTIN 70

“GOUBET II.” 71

M. GOUBET GOING UNDER WATER 72

PROFESSOR TUCK’S SUBMARINE 75

INSIDE THE “GOUBET” 86

GASOLINE ENGINES OF FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINES 87

ARMAMENT AND PERISCOPE OF THE “GOUBET” 91

THE “GOUBET” OUT OF WATER 110

INTERIOR OF A BRITISH SUBMARINE 111

THE SUBMARINE IN ACTION 123

EXIT SUBMARINE (AN ORIGINAL SKETCH BY A. H. BURGOYNE) 143

THE EARLIEST PICTURE OF A SUBMARINE 159

M. BAUER’S “DIABLE MARIN” 167

M. APOSTOLOFF’S PROPOSED SUBMARINE (BY A. H. BURGOYNE) 173

THE “INTELLIGENT WHALE” 175

THE “AQUAPEDE” 179

BUSHNELL’S SUBMARINE 183

BUSHNELL’S SUBMARINE 188

THE “NAUTILUS” 193

THE “DAVID” 207

THE SINKING OF THE “HOUSATONIC” 210

THE “SPUTYEN DUYVIL” 213

INTERIOR OF THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO 221

THE FIRING OF A TORPEDO 227

A BRITISH DESTROYER 232

“NORDENFELT II.” RUNNING AWASH 237

“NORDENFELT II.” AT CONSTANTINOPLE 242

MR. HOLLAND’S EARLIEST SUBMARINE 262

BOW VIEW OF THE “HOLLAND” 265

STERN VIEW OF THE “HOLLAND” 271

“GYMNOTE” 285

“GUSTAVE ZÉDÉ” 289

“NARVAL” 303

“NARVAL” ON SURFACE 305

“NARVAL” AWASH 307

“PERAL” 315

“ARGONAUT” IN DRY DOCK 321

“ARGONAUT” AWASH 325

“ARGONAUT” ON THE SEA BOTTOM 329