https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay Where others have failed, I will not /Jules Verne/ en-us 2016-10-12 15:59:47 UTC 2024-05-19 09:49:35 UTC hello@padlet.com janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130188012 USS George Washington becomes world's first ballistic missile submarine. ]]> 2016-10-12 16:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130188012 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130207470 US Navy builds USS Nautilus to investigate how Pressurised Water Reactor nuclear propulsion plant stood up to service at sea.]]> 2016-10-12 17:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130207470 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130216981 Irishman John Philip Holland designs and builds first practical submarine torpedo boat powered with Internal Combustion Engine on the surface and with electric battery power underwater.]]> 2016-10-12 17:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130216981 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130365406 The Athenians used freedivers to breach harbour booms at Syracuse during the Peloponnesian war.]]> 2016-10-13 09:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130365406 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130373261 Greek philosopher Aristotle describes the first diving bell. According to the legend Alexander the Great was the first man to be lowered in diving bell, which was made from glass.  ]]> 2016-10-13 09:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130373261 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130388959 Hired by Royal Navy the Dutch Inventor Cornelis Van Drebbel builds and tests unedrwater row boat using William Bourne's design.]]> 2016-10-13 11:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130388959 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130394712 American David Bushnell has a daring idea to break the British blockade in New York harbour by placing explosives underneath British ships using a submarine. He builds Turtle.  ]]> 2016-10-13 11:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130394712 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130403038 25 years later Robert Fulton constructs Nautilus to French Navy for planting explosives underneath British sloops. He refers to these devices as torpedoes.  With Nautilus Fulton pioneers all-metal streamlined hull form, water ballasting system, diving planes and single propeller at the stern]]> 2016-10-13 12:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130403038 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130487354 French submarine Le Plongeur becomes the first mechanically powered submarine in the world. Le Plonguer inspires Jules Verne to write 20,000 leagues under the sea.  ]]> 2016-10-13 15:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130487354 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130497310 During American Civil War Confederate's submarine H.L Hunley performs first successful sinking of an enemy vessel in a combat using explosive attached to a spear. However, submarine itself becomes casualty due to its proximity to the blast. ]]> 2016-10-13 16:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130497310 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130508984 Frenchman Maxime Laubeuf designs Narval , which becomes first double hull submarine with external ballast tanks and seperate optimised power plants for submerged and surface operations.  ]]> 2016-10-13 16:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130508984 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130532899 Swede Thorsten Nordenfelt builds first submarines capable firing self-propelled torpedoes whilst submerged.

]]> 2016-10-13 17:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130532899 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130607996 Robert Whitehead perfects Austro-Hungarian invention of remotely steered explosive. He creates first self-propelled torpedo.]]> 2016-10-13 21:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130607996 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130623260 British D-Class become first Oceangoing submarines capable of significant operation beyond coastal waters enabling patrols.]]> 2016-10-14 00:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130623260 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130626475 In response to heavy loses of British shipping from German submarines, British invent active underwater sound detection apparatus - a predecesor to modern SONAR. SONAR later will enable modern submarines to engage with enemy submarines below periscope depth.]]> 2016-10-14 01:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130626475 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130629498 In response to invention of RADAR, German submarine designers build first submarine optimised for submerged performance. They build Type 21 U-boat that has streamlined hull for minimal underwater drag and  introduce air snorkel for operating diesel engines underwater. ]]> 2016-10-14 01:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130629498 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130632853 To maximise submerged performance US Navy builds USS Albacore with experimental tear-drop hull form, and single large diameter propeller. ]]> 2016-10-14 01:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130632853 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130635320 US Navy builds USS Skipjack, which combines hydrodynamic hull design of USS Albacore and PWR nuclear power plant of USS Nautilus.]]> 2016-10-14 02:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130635320 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130641692 First periscope is introduced on French submarine Le Gymnote by Arthur Krebs.]]> 2016-10-14 03:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130641692 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130878757 1988 - HSwMS Näcken becomes first submarine fitted with Stirling AIP.
1999 - Agosta 90B Class submarine is fitted with  MESMA AIP system.
2002 - Type 212 is first submarine built with fuel cells AIP system.]]> 2016-10-14 20:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130878757 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130902099 Spanish Engineer and sailor Isaac Peral builds first electric battery powered submarine Peral. ]]> 2016-10-15 08:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130902099 janis_skadins https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130906709 Leonardo da Vinci makes first conceptual sketches of submarine.]]> 2016-10-15 10:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janis_skadins/2i45khsdfiay/wish/130906709