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Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

Chapter 5: ILLUSTRATIONS
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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.

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