The Submarine Pioneers

Author : Richard Compton-Hall
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904381198
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Submarine Pioneers written by Richard Compton-Hall and published by Periscope Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This witty and perceptive account of the early years of submarine development contains much new material and the lives of the forgotten pioneers of submarines. It includes many wonderful inventions and even more colourful inventors, but focuses primarily on John Philip Holland, the Irish-American genius who took submarine development out of the hands of lunatics and visionaries and turned it into a deadly weapon of war.

Author : Richard Compton-Hall
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Submarine Pioneers written by Richard Compton-Hall and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Compton-Hall has combined meticulous research with his own experience as a submariner to provide an illuminating insight into the inventions and motivations of the early submarine pioneers.

Author : Paul Bowers
Publisher : Airlife Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Garrett Enigma and the Early Submarine Pioneers written by Paul Bowers and published by Airlife Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781914059971
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harwich Submarines in the Great War written by Mark Harris and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Harwich Submarine Flotilla played a key role in establishing the dominance of the Royal Navy in the North Sea at the beginning of the First World War and saw continuous action. Their pioneering commanders and crews had to battle not just the enemy, but also the hazards of mines, human frailties, mechanical failure, and the weather.

Author : John Swinfield
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780750953566
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sea Devils written by John Swinfield and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Devils is a compelling account of pioneer submariners and their astonishing underwater contraptions. Some made perilous voyages. Others sank like stones. Craft were propelled by muscle-power or had steam engines with chimneys. Some had wheels to trundle along the seabed. Others were used as underwater aircraft carriers.Here John Swinfield traces the history of early submarines and the personalities who built and sailed them. From a plethora ofmadcap inventors emerged a bizarre machine that navies of the world reluctantly acquired but viewed with distaste. It matured into a weapon that would usurp the mighty battleship, which had for centuries enjoyed an unchallenged command of the oceans. In its long and perilous history the submarine became subject to fierce business, military and political shenanigans. It won eventual acceptance amidst the chaos and carnage of the First World War, in which pathfinder submariners achieved an extraordinarily high tally of five Victoria Crosses, Britain's highest military decoration.Sea Devils brims with daring characters and their unflinching determination to make hazardous underwater voyages: an immensely readable, entertaining and authoritative chronicle of low cunning, high politics, wondrous heroism and appalling tragedy.

Author : Frank Morriss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258482220
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Submarine Pioneer written by Frank Morriss and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pioneer (Ship : 1946-1966)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Indian Ocean Expedition, USC & GS Ship Pioneer, 1964 written by Pioneer (Ship : 1946-1966) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Department of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521190739
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Essential Guide to Navy Submarines written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book presents a magnificent compilation of authoritative U.S. Navy documents on the past, present, and future of America's submarine fleet. Contents of this comprehensive digest of fascinating Navy submarine publications include: HISTORY: Early Years to Nuclear Power; Submarine Pioneers; Submarine Technology through the years from David Bushnell's Turtle, the first American submarine; Holland, K, L, O classes; Submarine Pioneers, Heritage of Simon Lake, pioneer; Silent Victory World War II - Salmon, Balao, Gato, Tench classes; Cold War - Skipjack, Permit, and Sturgeon classes; Submarine History Chronology and Timeline; Technology Innovations; Detailed History and Review of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Weapons, and Tactics during the Cold War; Soviet Subs; thorough bibliography with non-fiction, fiction and juvenile titles; Cold War Curiosities, the Radar Picket Submarines; Museum Listings CURRENT AND FUTURE SUBMARINE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY: 21st Century fleet including the SSBN Ballistic Missile subs with Trident nuclear-armed missiles; Fast Attack subs including the Los Angeles and Seawolf classes; the newest Virginia-class attack subs represented by the lead ship, the USS Virginia (SSN-774) and the USS Texas; Submarine Training; sixty-one frequently asked questions; the Boise deployment; Virtual Reality under the Sea; Submarine Stealth; SSBN Security Program; Submarine Communications; Anti-submarine Warfare; Future Concepts for New Designs in the 21st Century; Ohio-class SSGN conversion program for cruise missile and covert force deployment - the new era for four subs: Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan; Special Operations Forces capability to accommodate up to 102 Special Operations Forces and their equipment; two missile tubes to serve as lock-in/lock-out chambers, can host either two Advanced SEAL Delivery Systems, two dry-deck shelters, or one of each; land attack with up to 154 TOMAHAWK missiles; 22 large diameter missile tubes; Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Communications; provides ability to serve as Joint Command Center; Universal Modular Mast allows rapid integration of new technologies; improved communications via the Common Submarine Radio Room; test bed for future payloads - Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Undersea and Submarine-Launched Weapons Systems, Undersea Sensors. This is a privately authored news service and educational publication of Progressive Management. Our publications synthesize official government information with original material - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!

Author : Richard Knowles Morris
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570032363
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John P. Holland, 1841-1914 written by Richard Knowles Morris and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard biography of the man who pioneered the modern submarine.

Author : David W. Jourdan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1612347169
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Search for the Japanese Fleet written by David W. Jourdan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the extensive literature about the Battle of Midway, the role of American submarines has not received adequate attention. In The Search for the Japanese Fleet: USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway, David W. Jourdan, one of the world's experts in undersea exploration, has reconstructed the critical part subs played in the action that many chroniclers of World War II consider to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific. In the direct line of fire was one of the oldest submarines in the navy, USS Nautilus. On their first war patrol, Lieutenant Commander William Brockman and his ninety-three-man crew wondered what would war be like, and as events unfolded, their actions during an eight-hour period early in that voyage would rank among the most important contributions of a submarine to the most decisive engagement in U.S. Navy history. Fifty-seven years later, Jourdan's team of deep sea explorers set out to discover the history of the famous Battle of Midway and find the ships the allied fleet sank. Key to the mystery was the Nautilus and her underwater exploits. Relying on logs, diaries, chronologies, manuals, sound recordings, and interviews with veterans of the battle, including men who spent most of the day of June 4th in the submarine conning tower, the story breathes new life into the history of the epic engagement. Woven into the tale of World War II is the modern drama of deep sea discovery as explorers deploy technological marvels to the seafloor, over three miles down, to reveal the relics of history and commemorate fallen heroes." --Publisher description.