The Turtle: The First Submarine for War

526 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: American revolutionary war strategies

Throughout the years submarine technology has advanced throughout the years from the original military submarine the turtle to the German u boats during WWII modern nuclear power submarines that we have today. These developments have required a lot of technological improvements. To make the u boats work the Germans need better battery and electrical motor technologies and the nuclear submarine obviously needed nuclear technology. Submarines have always been an innovative way to win the navel war.

During the American revolutionary war the British navy was a large part of the oppression of the American people. As a fresh nation we had little to no defense against the greatest navy in the world at the time. Ships in our harbor allowed the brats to limits plies and put large quantities of troops onto our shores very quickly. This was demonstrated after the Boston tea party when the British navy cut the city of Boston off from trade even though the ship that stayed docked was not a naval ship it is still a demonstration of the water sorority of the British people during the revolutionary time.
Some colonist got tired of this navel superiority and decided to do something about it. The turtle was born. The turtle was going to be the first submarine used for war purposes.
Design the turtle brought up ever before seen challenges. You could not use candle for light as the flame will use up air. Designers need to find way to move on all 3 axis. Lastly and most importantly it had to be airtight. There were unique solutions that to us now seem obvious. To solve the light issue a type of wood fungus called fox fire, this created its own issue in that if it fisted over it would stop working meaning that the mission would have to go forth in summer. To move on all the axis the torte had 3 impellers, one on top and 1 on either side. The craft also had a rudder. Moving up and down was achieved by having a tank in the bottom that could be flooded with water to sink and pump water out to rise meaning that you can change the amount of weight. Making a watercraft was basically done by building something that they already knew would hold water a barrel, essentially the turtle was a large barrel. Another design element was the lead keel that kept the craft upright.

Show More
Related

  • Submarines in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars

    2009 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the American Revolutionary War, a manned underwater craft named the American Turtle (or the "water-machine") was used against the British Navy. David Brushnell designed this ingenious machine in 1771. The submarine was a one manned, egg-shaped vessel which was propelled by hand-operated screw-like devices. It was bottom-heavy in order for it to remain upright. The operator would plant a submersible mine that could be triggered by a simple clockwork mechanism. He could paddle away after he attached the magazine of gunpowder onto the enemy ship. The operator could stay under for about thirty minutes

    Read More

  • Primary Grievances In The War Of 1812 Case Study

    764 Words  | 2 Pages

    The primary grievances of the United States that led to war with Britain was Britain interfering with trade on the high seas. According to the primary source handout on the war of 1812, “On 7 january 1807, a British Order in Council had prohibited ships from participating in the coastal trade of France and her allies” (34). The embargoes hurt the U.S far more than they did britain. Britain also were inciting Indian attacks on the frontier. But the number one grievance that lead Madison to declare the war was that british ships continually violated the American flag on the great highway of nation.

    Read More

  • The Difference of Warfare between World War 1 and World War 2

    1024 Words  | 3 Pages

    The U.S. Navy nurtured into a challenging power in the years previous to World War II, with battleship construction being revived in 1937, commencing with the USS North Carolina . It was able to add to its fleets throughout the early years of the war when the US was still not involved, growing production of vessels both large and small. In a conflict that had a number of amphibious landings, naval superiority was important in both Europe and the Pacific. The mutual resource...

    Read More

  • America's Advantages in the Revolution

    912 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the second half of the eighteenth century, the British were faced with rebelling colonies. Finally realizing that they had to fight to keep their colonial possessions, the British sent troops to America. Once the battles began in America, the British were not impressed with the colonial military, but the weak militias soon proved to be effective. With foreign aid from France, American devotion, and the lack of British vigor, the Americans soon discovered the open doors of independence. In my opinion, the American advantages and the British disadvantages proved to be the downfall of the English in the American Revolution.

    Read More

  • War Of 1812 DBQ

    747 Words  | 2 Pages

    One of the main causes of the war was Great Britains's continued practice of impressment. The ocean was a common and affective way to transport good in order to trade with other nations. Every country has the right to use the ocean; but because Britain was causing America's rights to be restricted by capturing American ships and enslaving their seamen, it caused many problems between the two countries. Document 1 is a congressional report that describes Britain's violations of our right " to use the ocean, which is the common and scknowledged highway of nations, for the purposes of transporting, in their own vessels , the products of their own soil and the acquisitions of their own industry." The report calls Britain's impressment and seizure of ships is a

    Read More

  • The Role Of The Patriots In The American Revolution

    1014 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the 1770’s the British army was well known for its monetary wealth and professional well trained militia. American colonists were slowly getting more and more fed up with the inequality and taxation under British rule so they took a stand. Americans known as Rebels or Patriots fought in the Revolutionary War to gain independence from Britain. Some colonists also known as loyalists, thought that the Patriots had no chance against the professional militia so they stayed loyal to the crown. Although improbable at the start of the American Revolution, the colonists were able to defeat the British army and formally gain independence because they had great leadership from George Washington, similar goals that created high morale, and aided from

    Read More

  • The Start of US Revolution

    1902 Words  | 4 Pages

    The origin of England's dependence on the colonies began during the French and Indian war, in the 1750s-1760s. In this war, the British were quite inexperienced; their European style of fighting did not work against the guerilla-warfare fighting style of the French. The British wore bright red coats, marched in long lines, often lugging cannons around with them, while the French hid behind trees and picked them off one by one. General Braddock relied on his force of ill-disciplined American militiamen, who used behind-the-tree methods of fighting in order to fight the Indians. After many years of fighting, the British finally came out victorious. Although England emerged from this war as one of the biggest empires in the world, it also possessed the biggest debt. They had poured much money and resources into these colonies in order to keep them as their own, and it was time for the colonies to give something back to the British for protecting them from the Indians. They finally realized what a precious gift the colonies were, and how useful they would be. In this war, the British realized that the colonies were their pawns in a global game of chess. At any time, the British felt that they had the right to impose taxes on the colonies, in order to make up for money that was lost in the French and Indian War to defend them. They had the view that because they had done so much to help the colonies, that the colonies had to repay them.

    Read More

  • Symbolism In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath

    806 Words  | 2 Pages

    The turtle appears throughout giving the contextual symbolism of the struggles of the Joad family’s survival during the family’s travels to the west and new life. The turtle’s travels alongside the highway on the hot pavement and survives an attack by a driver who purposely swerved to hit the turtle, “And now a light truck approached, and as it came near, the driver saw the turtle and swerved to hit it. His front wheel struck the edge of the shell, flipped the turtle like a tiddly-wonk, spun it like a coin, and rolled it off the highway. The truck went back on its course along the right side”

    Read More

  • American Revolution: The Siege of Charleston

    1319 Words  | 3 Pages

    The American Revolution: the war for our independence. This revolution opened the door to our liberty, freedom, and basically what America is now. Most Americans have heard the stories of famous battles, important people (George Washington for instance), and everything in between. However, this was only for our side of the American Revolution and a small fraction of people have been told of Britain’s campaign of the revolution. The only thing people have been told was the Britain lost the war. What of Britain’s triumphs, strategies, and everything that happened in the span of a few years? Not many people know it, but the British struck a major blow against the Patriots in the last few years of the war. Even though the United States won the American Revolution, Britain struck a major blow against the colonists when the British successfully and brutally took the town of Charleston, South Carolina.

    Read More

  • Chelonia Mydas

    1099 Words  | 3 Pages

    The odontochelys preferred a similar habitat to the modern green sea turtle, in the shallow waters along different coastlines. Unlike the ancient green sea turtles, the younger modern day green sea turtles venture off into the deeper parts of the ocean and the adults stay near shore. Some of the original structural characteristics before any adaptation changes are: the row of sharp teeth on the top and bottom of the jaw and the stomach shell. Scientist suggests that these physical features were from the different types of prey that they needed to catch and because living on land exposed their stomachs, so they needed more protection from rocks and animals attacking them from underneath. Common behavior of todays green sea turtles are to only stay on land to bask in the sun and to lay eggs. The Odontochelys spent more than 50% of their time on land due to the lack of food in the shallows of the water and because most of the food sources were on land. One of the physiological adaptations of the Odontochelys, was adaption of the partial hard shell on top of it’s back. The pressures of nature forced this species to evolve into the different sea turtle species because of vulnerability of its back and because of the changes in availability of food. The Odontochelys had to spend more time in the water to either to escape from land predators or because they could no

    Read More

  • turtles

    1068 Words  | 3 Pages

    Turtles have existed for a very long time. They have existed for about 215 million years. Turtles have been alive a lot longer than mammals,crocodiles,birds,snakes and lizards. They can live up to about 200 years but most live until they are in their mid 70s. Turtles have a hard shell that protects them like a shield. This upper shell is called a carapace.The lower shell called a ‘plastron. The shell is attached to their spine and lower ribcage. It is different from other animal’s shells like the crab. The turtle’s shell is permanent, it cannot come off.

    Read More

  • Characteristics Of Sea Turtles

    802 Words  | 2 Pages

    Sea turtles are included as one of the many endangered animals in the world, yet not many people are aware of this. Therefore people should be informed about sea turtles characteristics, reproduction system and also learn about past incidents that has harmfully affected the sea turtles.

    Read More

  • An Enthusiastic Worshiper

    1706 Words  | 4 Pages

    Amid unrestrained shouts and cheers, the first turtle crosses the finish line, and the winning "trainer" receives five dollars—along with a turtle necklace. What an uncharacteristic frenzy of emotion for the normally reserved folks of northern Minnesota!

    Read More

  • Submarines

    811 Words  | 2 Pages

    The submarine is an extreamly useful tactical tool. Bred through war, the submarine is one of the most advanced covert weapons technologies today. The submarine is a ship designed and built to travel under water. A "true" submarine spends the majority of time under water and is capable of staying under water indefinaltely(Rush 140). The only "true" submarine today is the nuclear sub. The first "true" submarine is the U.S.S nautilus(Rush 141). There are two main types of war affiliated submarines, attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines. The attack submarine is designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. The much larger ballistic missile submarine is designed to carry multiple warheads to attack enemy cities and military facilities ashore(Polmar 748).

    Read More

  • The Turtle John Steinbeck

    198 Words  | 1 Pages

    “The Turtle” is a story by John Steinbeck, about the struggles of life and how to overcome them. The story starts by explaining how the desert is and the inhabitants of the desert. Steinbeck describes the desert as dry and bleak and many dead dry plants. The turtle first appears as a slow and feeble. Steinbeck describes the turtle as sluggish and distressed soul and he is trying to compare the turtle to a person who is trying to strain through life. The turtle is trying to climb the mountain and is having tribulations, but he is still pushing through even though he is moving little by little. He finally gets going well enough, then he gets to another struggle of having an ant climb into his shell and frightens him so bad that he climbs into

    Read More

More about The Turtle: The First Submarine for War

Open Document