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[[File:Drebbel_submarine.jpg|thumb|''Drebbel'', the first navigable submarine.]]A '''submarine''' is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater | [[File:Drebbel_submarine.jpg|thumb|''Drebbel'', the first navigable submarine, invented by [[Cornelius Drebbel]].]]A '''submarine''' is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. | ||
The noun submarine evolved as a shortened form of submarine boat (and is often further shortened to sub). For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as "boats" rather than as "ships", regardless of their size. | The noun submarine evolved as a shortened form of submarine boat (and is often further shortened to sub). For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as "boats" rather than as "ships", regardless of their size. | ||
Although experimental submarines had been built before, submarine design took off during the 19th century, and they were adopted by several navies. | |||
Submarines were first widely used during World War I (1914–1918), and now figure in many navies large and small. | Submarines were first widely used during World War I (1914–1918), and now figure in many navies large and small. | ||
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Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical (or conical) ends and a vertical structure, usually located amidships, which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes. | Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical (or conical) ends and a vertical structure, usually located amidships, which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes. | ||
Modern deep-diving submarines derive from the bathyscaphe, which in turn evolved from the diving bell. | |||
Used as an adjective in phrases such as submarine cable, submarine means "under the sea". | |||
== In the News == | |||
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File:Canadian Oberon-class boat alongside in the Caribbean.jpg|A Canadian W:Oberon-class submarine ('O-boat' or 'Super-O') - either the HMCS Onondaga or HMCS Okanagan - alongside in some W:Caribbean port or base. | |||
File:Wilhelm Bauer.gif|link=Wilhelm Bauer (nonfiction)|Inventor and engineer [[Wilhelm Bauer (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Bauer]] incorporates [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] into plans for new submarine. | |||
File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|[[The Unruly Submarine]], a celebrated children's story. | |||
File:Submarines scrapped.jpg|Haunted submarine graveyard open for Halloween. | |||
File:Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.jpg|link=Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (tv series) (nonfiction)|[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (tv series) (nonfiction)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Bathysquare]] | * [[Bathysquare]] | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Neptune Slaughter]] | |||
* [[The Unruly Submarine]] | * [[The Unruly Submarine]] | ||
== | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (tv series) (nonfiction)]] | |||
External link: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine Submarine] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine Submarine] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Machines (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Machines (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Water (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Water (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:55, 2 December 2019
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
The noun submarine evolved as a shortened form of submarine boat (and is often further shortened to sub). For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as "boats" rather than as "ships", regardless of their size.
Although experimental submarines had been built before, submarine design took off during the 19th century, and they were adopted by several navies.
Submarines were first widely used during World War I (1914–1918), and now figure in many navies large and small.
Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical (or conical) ends and a vertical structure, usually located amidships, which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes.
Modern deep-diving submarines derive from the bathyscaphe, which in turn evolved from the diving bell.
Used as an adjective in phrases such as submarine cable, submarine means "under the sea".
In the News
A Canadian W:Oberon-class submarine ('O-boat' or 'Super-O') - either the HMCS Onondaga or HMCS Okanagan - alongside in some W:Caribbean port or base.
Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer incorporates Gnomon algorithm functions into plans for new submarine.
The Unruly Submarine, a celebrated children's story.
Haunted submarine graveyard open for Halloween.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External link:
- Submarine @ Wikipedia