Labels:text | screenshot | cartoon OCR: MBAT SUBMARINE navigating underwater. enemy ship or port soon THE ATTACK ON HMS in combat was an BY THE TURTLE NEW HARBOUR, 1776 Warships had blockaded tic Connecticut Yankee, that with no large fleet 2 3 cient damage to drive 7 r, something the 0 t submarine as hips. 4 LO riority This HMS EAGLE mber it in 8 5 a maze head ass port Staten Ist three utes. sh, then 0 1 rovided with a C Miles ated 27 umps to With the lund permisdon of the Publishes Turtle' Thatration was taken from John Bo i vertically In "A Modem Ilustrated Military History Published by Books for Pleasuite ank - the 3.€ 10 ship by 20 15 14 10 18 1 `TURTL 1. Vent 17 12 entering escape th 19 on either s in his 2 during sur 23 28 to admit cre for attaching 16 attached to bot rope and bomb 16 or lower boat in ling British 22 of oak hollowed from the probably clockw trio, one of them, 24 25 sear allowing a fli e night of bomb, which was target to give bette the blockading British 13 boats slipped the tow phosphorus-covered uvred the craft under the phosphorus allowed t off New 26 against a graduated lin 12. Propeller operating he ship, but to his dismay London, 13. Foot pedals for opera against HMS Eagle was Connecticut. seat. 15. Compass. 16 empts to attach his This time the water. 17. Forcing pum crafts operator succeeded in boring the ships copper sheathing a hole into starboard. 19. Rudder b and foul air out at 2. 22 he was able to but the screw before setting the broke loose as the explosive was ships hull. The attempt failed but again the submarine escaped. being attached to the 30 minutes. This valve for lifting emergency ba 50 ft of line in an emerg his mission. 26. Ballast might have been sunk or Although David Bushnell made no further contribution to the submarine story after 1812 it must be recognised that his 'Turtle' concept was used as a formidable deterrent prevented weeds etc. ent it is fairly certain that th SWSC Subr
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