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Fulton put glass bull's-eyes in so at a in the harbor of Brest, depth of twenty-three feet. he went He stayed down there some time, poking around the bottom of the The Story of Submarines 28 harbor with three sailors. Napoleon grew more Channel could But Fulton attached several conditions to selling Perhaps interested. English the become French. submarine the "4,000 francs for He wanted France. to English every ship French the States. "Being a desire it to turning be stipulated that similar one will not be used ment against the United about also insisted neck.
The Confederates But on New after the attack were on the ships erners tried a real the Northern Ironsides Something better than a alert. was needed. boat torpedo David-type boats. other built This time South- the submarine. Early in 1862 two Southern army captains and a civilian engineer But Orleans. Union forces marine was before scuttled craft. the Northern of Mobile At this New back to its drawn up but it second a built New action, The sub- falling into for this plunged underwater one to attack to the bottom Bay when a sudden storm blew up.
Miles fifty the surface she traveled at eight shooting much longer distance. bow of the Holland there was a tube for torpedoes. The earlier submariners had faced double knots for a At the a enemy. But Robert 1868 in working Britisher before, but Whitehead predetermined a a a self- weapon had been automatic designed which kept the torpedo on a steady course controls at of Whitehead, perfected Austria, in propelled torpedo. This type of tried account charges that had to be carried right to explosive the on death, of risk weapon, Holland's depth.