Submarines Collection

T class Submarine
Inside a British submarine: complex details of the craft in which our underwater crews live and fight. A sectional view of a boat of the T class, showing how machinery, torpedoes

British submarines during 50 years
A sectional view of the British Navys first submarine, and the development of the British submarine from 1900 to 1950. The illustration does not show every type built but depicts some of the most

British submarine HMS E6, WW1
British submarine HMS E6. Date: circa 1915

The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The subzeppmarinellin for making sure of your enemy. All bases covered with this combined submarine and zeppelin from the imagination of William Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: c.1916

U-Boats - Cutaway
The internal accommodation of a U-boat as it prepares to attack a convoy of Allied merchantmen : though labelled U-65, the Germans did not at this time possess 65 U-boats

Goubet Submarine / 1885
Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy

Lake Submarine / Diver
A diver from a " Simon Lake" submarine placing a mine in channels used by enemy ship 2 of 2

French submarine WWII
French submarine Casabianca during World War II. One of the last of the 29 units of the Redoutable class, built throughout the 1930s, formed the backbone of Frances Type 1 submarines

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

The Nautilus - 20, 000 Leagues under the Sea
The Nautilus submarine cuts through the deep ocean, amidst millions of squid and other sea creatures. Jules Verne, 20, 000 Lieues sous les mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) Date: 1870

When Germany Surrenders her U-Boats by Heath Robinson, WW1
Why not use the enemy craft for peaceful sport? Ramming rabbits in the Balearic Islands. An inventive suggestion from the ingenious mind of William Heath Robinson for German U-boats following the end

British submarine HMS C11. Date: circa 1909

British submarine HMS Holland 4, launched on the 23rd May 1902 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2nd August 1903. Date: circa 1903

German U-boat by G. H. Davis
The battle of the Atlantic: explanatory drawings of German U-boats (submarines), and how they operate when at sea. Various aspects of undersea activities during the Second World War. Date: 1941

WW2 - Surcouf Submarine of the Free French Navy. The largest submarine ever built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1943

Escape System for British Submarines, 1933
Illustration showing the air-lock system, built into British submarines of the 1930 s, that was designed to allow submariners to escape if their submarine failed

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

How submarines fire torpedoes, 1939
Drawing to explain how a British submarines twelve torpedoes are fired. Here six torpoedoes are shown in their tubes, and a further six are in storage and have, when required

Holland Submarine 1900
Irish inventor Holland, funded by the Fenians, produces a succession of successful submarines in America; the Holland is shown at anchor in New York harbour

Bushnells Submarine
BUSHNELLs TURTLE the first submersible craft to be used in action, attacking a British ship at New York on 7 September 1776; the one-man crew provided the power manually !

Submarines against the Japanese, 1944
A double page spread in The Sphere, 1944, entitled " Submarines against the Japs: British underwater craft operating in the Far East." On the left hand page

HMS Forth in Devonport, with seven submarines moored alongside. 1914

Hunleys David Submarine
Cross-section of Hunleys man-powered David (as in David and Goliath) of the Confederate Navy, the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel

U. s. Subs in Panamacanal
Five C-class submarines of the U.S. Navy pass through the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

Cross section of a British submarine 1939
Illustration showing a labeled cross section of a British submarine. Reminds its readers of an announcement last week, stating that British submarine successes may not be brought to the attention of

HM Submarine Trump - P333 - T Class
HMS Trump (pennant number P333) was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow

Using the periscope in a British submarine probably 1930s

Three Submarines Safety Matches, made in Germany

Royal Navy submarines in the Thames estuary in 1909

Beware of Submarines WW1
Lady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916

WW2 Q-Ship And Royal Navy Radio
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a lady wearing a pink dress, standing on the deck of a Q-ship

Nordenfelt Submarine Trial, Sweden
The trial of the Nordenfelt submarine at Landskrona, Sweden, before the King of Denmark, Christian IX, and the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward

German U-boats surrendered at Harwich, WW1
Fleet of German U-boats surrendered at Harwich towards the end of the First World War. circa 1918

The Naval programme announced by Alexandra, First of the Admiralty, giving details of reductions in the budget of 1929-30. Date: 1930

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Submarines
Lady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916

Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939
Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939

Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939
Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares

HMS Telemachus, T Class submarine, WW2
HMS Telemachus, T Class submarine during the Second World War. Date: circa 1943

H Class submarines at Torquay, Devon
H Class submarines 34, 48, 30 and 42 at Torquay, Devon. Date: circa early 1920s

On the lookout for German U-Boats, WW1
On the lookout for German U-Boats during the First World War. 1914-1918

Calendar, February 1915, WW1
Calendar, February 1915 -- Submarines, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Jubilee Review layout, Portsmouth Harbour, printed on board the battleship HMS Renown, for the Silver Jubilee of King George and Queen Mary. Date: 1935

U-BOAT OF WW2 1941
An Untersee-Boot of World War Two cruises on the surface not far from the shore Date: 1941

A small naval dirigible, introduced by the British Navy for scouting for submarines. Date: 1914 - 1918 war

B class submarines moored together - Torquay
B class submarines moored together at Torquay. One of them is B11, which won a Victoria Cross in the First World War for carrying out a successful attack on the Turkish battleship Mesudiye in

Crew of a British C Class submarine 1916
British sailors struggle to haul some German sailors onboard a submarine, after the German ship was torpedoed. At this stage of the war

U-boat Under Net
How the Untersee-Boot passes beneath the defensive nets which are hung at the entrance to harbours... Date: 1915

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