Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

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Herbert C. Fyfe. Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

THE PROBABLE FUTURE OF SUBMARINE BOAT CONSTRUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS

PART I

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. THE PLACE OF THE SUBMARINE IN WARFARE

CHAPTER III. THE MORALITY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE

CHAPTER IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE SUBMARINE, AND SUBMARINES OF THE FUTURE

1. Submarines with no Floatability when Submerged

2. Submarines Possessing Floatability when submerged

Immersion by Screws Mounted on a vertical Shaft

Immersion by Horizontal Rudders

Control in the Vertical Plane

Steering Below Water

Motive Power

Propulsion of the Surface

Armament

Safety and Habitability

Vision When Submerged

CHAPTER V. THE ROMANCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE

CHAPTER VI. THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE

CHAPTER VII. THE SUBMARINE IN ACTION

French Submarines

CHAPTER VIII. THE ANTIDOTE TO SUBMARINES

PART II

CHAPTER IX. THE EARLY HISTORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE

CHAPTER X. EARLY EFFORTS IN SUBMARINE NAVIGATION

CHAPTER XI. DAVID BUSHNELL

Description of a Magazine and its Appendages designed to be conveyed by the Submarine Vessel to the bottom of a Ship

Experiments made to prove the nature and use of a Submarine Vessel

CHAPTER XII. FULTON’S SUBMARINE BOATS

CHAPTER XIII. SUBMARINES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER XIV. THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO—“THE MOST WONDERFUL MACHINE IN THE WORLD”

1 and 2. The Firing Arrangement and Explosive Chamber

3. The Air Chamber

4. The Balance Chamber

5. The Engine Room

The Servo-Motor

6. The Buoyancy Chamber

The Gyroscope

CHAPTER XV. THE NORDENFELT SUBMARINES

PART III

APPENDIX I. BRITISH SUBMARINES

APPENDIX II. THE AMERICAN SUBMARINES

APPENDIX III. FRANCE AND HER SUBMARINES

PART I. French Submarines Proper, i.e. those Dependent entirely on Electricity for Motive Power. Gymnote

Gustave Zédé

Morse

Français and Algerien

Farfadet Class

The Perle Class

PART II. French “Submersibles,” i.e., those Fitted with Two Sources of Motive Power, One for Surface, and One for Sub-surface Propulsion. The Narval Class

The New Submarines

APPENDIX IV. SUBMARINES OLD AND NEW

APPENDIX V. THE “LAKE” SUBMARINES

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE

France

Belgium

Germany

Great Britain

United States

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Herbert C. Fyfe

Published by Good Press, 2021

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That a Holland, a Narval, or a Gustave Zédé is as formidable an adversary as an Albatross or an Express few would claim, but the last word has not yet been said on submarine navigation, and the future may be expected to bring about many changes.

For purposes of coast defence the submarine may be said to have fairly established its value. The knowledge that such craft were “in being” would have a deterrent influence upon an admiral attacking a fort or contemplating a blockade, and in all probability the days of close blockade are over.

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