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[[File:Drebbel_submarine.jpg|thumb|''Drebbel'', the first navigable submarine, invented by [[Cornelius Drebbel]].]]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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Used as an adjective in phrases such as submarine cable, submarine means "under the sea". | Used as an adjective in phrases such as submarine cable, submarine means "under the sea". | ||
== | == In the News == | ||
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File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|[[The Unruly Submarine]], a celebrated children's story. | 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: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]]. | |||
File:Submarines Scrap Filered and rotated.jpg|An aerial view of four decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarines in the late stages of being scrapped out in a graving dock. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Bathysquare]] | * [[Bathysquare]] | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (tv series) (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 22 June 2016
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
The Unruly Submarine, a celebrated children's story.
Haunted submarine graveyard open for Halloween.
An aerial view of four decommissioned nuclear-powered attack submarines in the late stages of being scrapped out in a graving dock.
