Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

Chapter 1: SUBMARINE WARFARE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

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The volume surveys the evolution of under-water craft from early experiments to then-contemporary designs, combining historical narrative with practical explanation of how submarines are constructed, powered, and operated. It evaluates tactical and strategic roles for submersibles, discusses limitations and likely avenues for improvement in speed, stability, and sensing, and includes technical descriptions, illustrations, and a brief bibliography to orient general readers and interested students to both past developments and probable future directions in submarine construction and warfare.

SUBMARINE WARFARE

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

“DAVID AND GOLIATH.”

The Russian Battleship “Retvisan” (12,700 tons) and the U.S. Submarine “Holland” (75 tons).

SUBMARINE WARFARE
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

HERBERT C. FYFE

(Sometime Librarian of the Royal Institution, London)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADMIRAL THE HON. SIR EDMUND ROBERT FREMANTLE, G.C.B., C.M.G.; AND A CHAPTER ON “THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF SUBMARINE BOAT CONSTRUCTION” BY SIR EDWARD J. REED, M.P. ✜ ✜ ✜ ✜ ✜

WITH FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON

GRANT RICHARDS

48, LEICESTER SQUARE

1902

UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, PRINTERS, WOKING AND LONDON.