Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- The beginnings of submarine warfare
- In
- The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
- Imprint
- vol. 64, no. 455, August 1919, pp. 382-392
- Description
Accession No.1648
- Abstract
Prior to the recent great war, submarine navigation had never developed beyond an initial stage. But the idea of attacking an enemy's ship from under water can be traced through the Middle Ages right away back to classical times. The forms of attack may be roughly divided into three:
1. Individual attack by divers without any apparatus.
2. Individual attack by divers provided with some primitive contrivance for the supply of air while under water.
3. Attack by submarine boats.