Submarines_Of_WWI

Submarines Of WWI Submarines of World War I The First World War introduced a whole host of new technology to the armies of the world. The machine gun, the tank, and the airplane ruled the battlefields of France and Germany. These new inventions changed the face of warfare forever. As equal, the submarine changed navel warfare. The submarine went from “infancy to maturity” in a mere twenty years preceding and during World War I (Horton 68). The submarines test as a war machine would come during World War I. Although the submarine made its name for itself in WWI, the first successful recorded submarine in history was built in 1620. Cornelis Drebbel experimented with three different designs for his submersible. His final concept was, as Horton describes, “greased leather, over a wooden frame, big enough to contain twelve rowers and had an operational depth of twelve to fifteen feet (12).” This very crude submarine made trips up and down the Thames River in London. Drebbel reportedly had King James I as a passenger on one of his many journeys (Cross 27). The success of Drebbel’s submarine paved the way for many inventors to undertake submarine, british, war, horton, submarines, german, world, middleton, germany, class, britain, u-boats, navy, fleet, during, u-boat, turtle, torpedo, sub, out, naval, made, first, cross, weapon, warfare, tons, target, subs, much, france, 33, years, vessels, one