Who Invented the Submarine? 

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The most nerve racking thing about a submarine is not submerging under the ocean but whether it will end up reemerging again i mean anything can go wrong when you're that far down

I love that the old drawings have the operator wearing a proper gentleman's suit.

King James probably wasn't the first monarch to travel under water, maybe the first to do so willingly and survive.

I remember writing a paper about the Turtle in college. Not a lot of people know but the first deployment of the submarine was also the first deployment of an underwater time bomb. These bombs would see action in the war with them being credited for disabling the HMS Cutty Sark

The Drebble's design was tested at 2/3rds scale during the 00's actually, as part of a BBC2 tv series. The tests proved the concept was possible.

Submarine rule #1 count number of dives and number of surfacings, divide by 2. If the answer does not come out even, do not open the hatch.

American Revolution Turtle: Deploys Hunt For Red october Theme: Intensifies

H.L Hunley actually sand three times, killing it's crew every time. The first two times it was quickly raised and given a new crew but the third time it was lost for a long long time. Closing the hatch as its third crew would make me a bit nervous if I knew what happened twice before.

I remember seeing that cross section technical drawing as a child in one of my dads history of warfare books. I studied it like mad so me and my buddies could build one too😂

Someone built a full-sized replica of the Turtle and it worked. It was first tested in a swimming pool, then a harbor.

I love that poem! I’m an amateur historian and I have never read that before. Good job, sir!

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

The of the matter is that "Spain's Ictíneo II with a double haul and a working ballast pump was the very first successful submarine. The Ictíneo II was a pioneering submarine Its launching took place in the Port of Barcelona on October 2, 1864 by the Spanish engineer Narcis Monturiol and it was the first air independent and combustion powered submarine and the first submarine to overcome the basic problems of machine powered underwater navigation.

I'm surprised, Simon, that you didn't mention that three years ago on this channel you released a video about the H.L. Hunley outlining it's success and many failures: 'The Ludicrously Dangerous Submarine that Somehow Became the First Sub to Sink Another Ship in Combat '

Submarines; brilliant, psychotic, and fascinating machines.

Lee managed to buck the tide down the Hudson?! That alone is very impressive. The Turtle was vastly more successful as a vessel than the Hunley.

Another episode about the continuous development until the first "true" submarines we all know today were made would be nice.

Fun Fact: the Hunley was discovered by novelist Clive Cussler who ran a real-world team of his fictionalised NUMA from his books.

I heard about the Turtle from the American Revolution. It almost worked. The problem was he was trying to attach the mine with an auger, and because he was in the water, it was just pushing him off the ship instead of being pushed in.

The submarine was invented by Irish man John Philip Holland in 1881.

Coming from Connecticut the turtle fills me with pride.

Don't be silly. Everybody knows it was Captain Nemo!

I think it’s pretty interesting that DaVinci would have been thinking of people turning things into military weapons and not wanting to give out too much info on his ideas because he didn’t want to create weapons of war. Even if he is exaggerating how far along his ideas were in practice.

Always the best, Simon.

@15:14 Simon can really rap

Summer is here guys, simons in a t-shirt....

Clearly it was Captain Nemo from the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" 😅 🤷🏻‍♀️

Early diving bells were equally dismal, used for shipwreck salvage. Slaves were forced to descend in them, and when they saw something of value from a tiny side window, they exited the bell and returned with it. Hundreds died in the process, but dead slaves were a big writeoff for salvage ship captains.

i'd say that managing to create a machine thats semi-submersible during the 15th-16th is a success in itself, given the resources and knowledge they had at the time. yes it was abandoned in the end but i'd still count it as a success

Love the name of this sub

15:50 bars.

I do enjoy listening to a Brit talking about the American revolution.

Alexander the great had a giant enclosed glass submarine that let him sit below the water by a few metres. Apparently he saw a sun fish and got so scared he never used it again. So ya Alexander the great invented submarines

I don't know if you guys take suggestions, but I would be interested in a video on where the whole Punch Buggy thing came from (hitting the person next to you when you see a VW Bug) as always love the videos!

Shameless plug, we have a lot of submarines at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT, to include a full scale model of the Turtle (and of course, the Nautilus)

Simon I love all of your Videos ^-^

On the island of San Telmo, Panama lies the first submarine used commercially to harvest pearls build during the U.S. Civil War in New York by a German engineer there is a project to try to salvage its remains. Also manually powered. Greetings from Panamá

I've toured a few subs, Nuclear and otherwise, and it's a terrifyingly claustrophobic experience. The sleeping quarters are little more than barely walk in closets with sides lined with bunks. If you're on a top bunk, you have to wait for those below to exit before. There simply isn't enough room for six people to stand simultaneously. The hallways are just barely shoulder width wide. You're chest to chest with anyone passing in the opposite direction. You're surrounded by cables and pipes transferring electricity and high pressure steam. At the end of the hallways are very large, very thick, metal hatches that will absolutely be sealed if anything should happen. If anything goes wrong you will either die instantly, or suffer a death basically worse than anything you would wish on anyone, including Hitler. For this reason, submariners are trained to run headlong towards the hatches, and literally jump and dive headfirst through the hatches in the event of an emergency. One of my ROTC cadets later went on to join the Navy, and during one of these training drills broke his neck diving into a bulkhead. He missed. For these, and other reasons, I'd much rather die on land than underwater, and I'm honestly proud of anyone who can stomach the challenge.

Thanks for another fascinating presentation , cheers Simon xxx

Then the first nuclear sub was the USS Nautilus, also built in CT

Simon, I love your work. You have several great programs. My question to you is, what do you know about the "Battle of May Island?" This is something you should know about because it is something that happen right around the corner from you. Can't wait to hear from about this cluster-fuck.

didn't the Hunley kill its creator? I got that from Wacky War Tactics in another Nutshell by BlueJay.

nice

I didn’t invent them. But I did spend many years riding them. EM1(SS)

All the work and patriotism put into a submarine that only ended up killing 2 children. The founding fathers must have been so proud!

Hoping the answer is Thomas Dolby.

I would love to see a modern version of the Turtle made... Using fiberglass, foam, and aluminum...

it was invented by a person who liked diving and swiming in water without doing the swiming job himself

Necessity really is the mother of invention. ❤❤

Exactly right bro… If you have a child and they end up on the streets, or on drugs, or pregnant at 15, then you failed them 100%… There is no such thing as a bad seed or a child with the mind of their own. You dropped the fkn ball if your kid goes down the wrong path. If you make a kid feel loved and guide them the right way then the kid will choose the right. You can’t be a friend to a child, children don’t need friends, the need a teacher, and a coach… Good video brotha

This guy is the definition of metro

The first submarine used in combat was in the 1500s by Korea called the dragon

Love subs!

Talking about Submarines you should look into Simon Lake.

That poetry around 13:09 is FIRE Eminem in shambles

The most recent attempt to invent a new submarine didn’t go to well either.

When a submarine can have the bow at crush depth and the stern on the surface then you just know The Royal Navy has just invented something more interesting than the last interesting thing.

I find it really odd the team left out the mentioning - Fenian Ram the first real sub made.

I can't wait to listen to simon tell me about people in a nutshell for the 20000th time!

Simon kinda looks like Bigfoot from Harry and the Hendersons in the thumbnail 🤔

Good Job!

Great video. My family has a history of almost dying at sea, my greatgrandad got left for dead by his shipmates on a sinking uboat and my grandad had 3 ships get sunk within days or weeks of disembarking... Apparently the only time my granddad heard his father swear in 87 years they were walking along and he points across the street at a man and gos "that fucking bastard disobeyed orders and left me to die "also he never talked about the war so nobody knew till then

Kamakaze submarines are exciting

Yesterday i found out that Whistle boi has started collecting presentors in his wruter basement dungeon.

A couple of more inventions , electrolosis of water , cloudes ocean lightning creating atmosphere. We would use electricity burning up steam and ocean water while v sking engineering a containment factor. With a couple of mini compressors and ocean water microwaved and electricity run through the system of steam and water , the Atmos is then made , varying a good battery system a microwave system and enclosing the front of a suite with containers for compressing gas as it's made making a long term diving system. Attaching the same systems so the air made is drawn from the turbine core the rotation that could be maintained would create Atmos and gas turbine propulsion engines , long tubes of long blades that Fry's the middle to keep rotation on the draw.. electric engines with a long term solution of atmosphere under water. The whole thing around a spiral of fluid drawn electrolosise for Atmos fluid Axel's enabling pressure to bare while we draw from its centre , perhaps a stronger stable to pressure for far deeper diving

@16:06 Hey! Thats our model of the Turtle in the museum!

I have IBD and bloat, it's others who should fear my bowels 😂

Next up, who invented... the hoagie

I never knew they had submarines during the civil war

The US was a pioneer designer of practical, successful wooden submarines ... thanks for sharing ...Britain navy received the first slap

An incredible, in-depth look at how a WWII submarine worked. So much thought going into every detail! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FctRpaleRFc.htmlsi=XJWGiIzmIRFz9K62

Did... did David Bushnal kill his family?!

what ever happened to simon's beard oil?

Ay yo, that is the creepiest thumbnail I've seen in a while. Simon looks like a weird AI generated fever dream funhouse caricature of himself

Da Vinci invented the submarine 🙌🏼

Real ones know that sokka invented the submarine

I did. So spare your time and in case you've got any questions, ask me.

Starfishes love the water

The first inventor i thought of was davinci

Today I fucked around, and then found this channel

It is my belief that the arguments in the comments about what submarine was used first in combat lead to this video...

The Turtle was the FIRST Man Made vessel to propel itself in a controlled three Dimensional manner. It could move Up or Down, Side to Side or Forward or Backwards. The Spanish Ictineo II vessel had a controlled stable Ballast system with a modern Double Hull. The later Spanish Naval Officer Issac Peral's vessel was the first to have an Electric Battery motor drive with a functional Torpedo Tube as ordinance. But none of these vessels were TRUE Submarines. Instead they were short duration submersible ships which did NOT have a functional operating range. It was until the John Holland and Simon Lake Dual Propulsion designs that a practicable submersible vessel with range became a reality. Still, these vessels were NOT TRUE Submarines. Just submersible torpedo boats with short Diving times. Not until Nuclear Power, did a TRUE SUBMARINE become possible. A vessel with Unlimited Diving Duration.

Why does every image have the same “aging” overlay?

....mmmmm..Jersey Mike's?

Not even close. I never knew you.

Am I the only one who watches these videos at .75 speed?

America. Fuck yeah.

Im fast as frick boi

"Blown up beyond the attraction of the Earth" is the precursor to, "launch it into the sun." Who else in those days used that phrase? Was it the first time it was known to be used. Either way, pretty funny to read ye olde hyperbole.

THE TURTLE FAILED CAUSE A SOLDIER WAS OPERATING IT TURDS

The Turtle was a relatively successful weapon. Its main drawbacks were that it only killed one rebel at a time and there was some difficulty in persuading them to get into it in the first place. The CSS Hunley was rather more efficient killing up to ten confederates at a time and some were persuaded to get into it on at least 3 occasions before the high command caught wise to the union plan.

They had the right idea, just not the right technology and mechanics.

Check out the history of the Civil Air Patrol in the US. Critical in the recovery of the first enigma machine and still functioning to this day performing critical search and rescue exercises in the US as well as disaster relief services. The organization was essential in America's response to both 9-11 and the Hurricane Katrina relief. Definitely a deep dive into a group that no one has heard of which performs incredible services behind the scenes. I'd love to see your thoughts on the group it'll surprise you a lot

The USA Built the Turtle in the Revolutionary war.

Submarines doesn’t exist! I’ve never seen one!

It's was definitely invented by a rich guy. Out of untested materials no doubt.... 😂

My dad said he created the submarine. I exist. Must be true.

You completely ignored Irish-born John Philip Holland (1841-1914) is credited with inventing the modern submarine. Thanks for that one.

Please close the hatch