T class SubmarineInside 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 yearsA 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, WW1British submarine HMS E6. Date: circa 1915
Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South WalesBrunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace
Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats, WW1Cartoon, Mermaids and U-Boats. Two mermaids and two fish are disturbed by a German U-boat which has a face like a shark. Date: 1917
Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. DavisThe loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section
The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonThe 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
German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background
Goubet Submarine / 1885Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy
Canal / Panama / Gatun LockAmerican submarine chasers in Gatun Lock
H. M. S. PoseidonH.M.S. Poseidon, the submarine which sank after colliding with a Chinese merchant ship, the SS Yuta, on 9 June 1931, 21 miles north of Wei-hai-wei, China
Lake Submarine / DiverA diver from a " Simon Lake" submarine placing a mine in channels used by enemy ship 2 of 2
Orford Ness Lighthouse, SuffolkView of Orfordness (Orford Ness) Lighthouse, and the station of the submarine electric telegraph linking England and Holland
Submarine depot at Portsmouth HarbourPre-WWI submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour
French submarine WWIIFrench 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
The crew of a German submarine - First World WarThe hideous crew (!) of a German U-boat Submarine, poking their head out from the viewing platform, with the periscope in front. A very direct Allied propaganda postcard
Lusitania TorpedoedLusitania torpedoed by a German submarine on her return journey from New York to Liverpool
Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918
Prehistoric MonstersTHE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (Edgar Rice Burroughs) The travellers submarine is attacked by prehistoric monsters
Porthcurno Cable StationPorthcurno cable terminal in Cornwall, built by the Falmouth Gibraltar Malta Telegraph company
HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959
The Nautilus - 20, 000 Leagues under the SeaThe 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, WW1Why 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
Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. DavisThe latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954
Otto Kretschmer, German submarine commander and U-boat " ace" called " The Wolf of the Atlantic" coming ashore British destroyer following capture of U-99
Lusitania MedalThe medal struck in Germany to commemorate the sinking. It reads " Business above all on Cunard Line. The great liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine."
Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, Diving BellAlexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He is said to have used a diving vessel for seeing underwater
WW1 - U-14 rammed by British steam trawler, the Oceanic IIWW1 - SM U-14 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. On the 5th June 1915, U-14 was disabled by gunfire from armed British trawler, Oceanic II
IF, by W. Heath RobinsonIF - Noah had been a German A cartoon by William Heath Robinson which appeared in an issue of The Bystander on the theme of If
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
The New Submarine Danger by BairnsfatherThe New Submarine Danger " They ll be torpedoin us if we stick ere much longer, Bill" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring his popular characters Old Bill
Growth of the submarine by G. H. DavisThe growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class
German U-boat by G. H. DavisThe 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, 1933Illustration 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
U-Boat - Deutschland - crossing the Atlantic OceanU-Boat Deutschland - the first submarine to cross the Atlantic Ocean - pictured arriving in Baltimore with Civilian Captain Paul Konig in July 1916
Holland Submarine 1900Irish 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 SubmarineBUSHNELLs 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 !
Futuristic seahorse riding
Submarines against the Japanese, 1944A 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
WW1 - The torpedoing of the RMS Falaba, 28th March 1915WW1 - A view from on board the RMS Falaba, showing the German U-Boat U-28 alongside it. The liner tried its best to escape, but the British steamship was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine
American submarine chasers, WW1Six American submarine chasers during the First World War. They served in minesweeping operations in the North Sea. Date: 1917-1918
Magazine cover, Automobilia and FlightMagazine cover of the De Havilland Aircraft Company, Automobilia and Flight, Special Aviation Number. Depicting a battle at sea, with battleships, a submarine and aircraft. February 1909
HMS Forth in Devonport, with seven submarines moored alongside. 1914
British L56 Submarine. Launched in 1919 and broken up in 1938
Futuristic underwater croquet. The players are all wearing diving helmets with oxygen packs on their backs
Royal Navy Seamen practice mine laying using weighted barrels. Date: circa 1907