Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1776/09/06 | Sergeant Ezra Lee, in David Bushnell's one-man submarine, Turtle, unsuccessfully tries to attach mines to Admiral Richard Howe's flagship, HMS Eagle, anchored near Governors Island | Governors Island, |
1800/00/00 | Robert Fulton completes his submarine, NAUTILUS, for the French Navy. | |
1864/02/17 | Rammed by H L HUNLEY's torpedo, the USS HOUSATONIC burns for three minutes before sinking, killing two officers and three men. | Sullivan's Island, SC, South Carolina |
1915/05/07 | An unusually heavy detonation takes place with a very strong explosive cloud.... The ship stops immediately and heels over to starboard very quickly, immersing simultaneously at the bow.... - U-20 Captain Walther Schwieger on torpedoing the LUSITANIA | RMS Lusitania (shipwreck), |
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