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Napoleon was once interested in considering…

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021Weirdo

Napoleon was once interested in considering a submarine as a weapon in his military arsenal to combat ships. When it came time to look at the Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton, Napoleon decided that Fulton was a swindler and a charlatan after learning the vessel leaked.

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In WWII there was a Nazi sailor who…

July 2, 2020Weirdo

In WWII there was a Nazi sailor who flushed his toilet incorrectly, causing his submarine to flood with seawater. The sub was forced to surface in view of the British who then attacked, resulting in the vessel’s destruction, 4 Nazi deaths, and 46 Nazis captured.

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Spain’s newest submarine was…

February 26, 2020Weirdo

Spain’s newest submarine was 75+ tons heavier than expected because someone put a decimal point in the wrong place. It could go down, but might not come up again.

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The US Navy has a tradition…

January 24, 2020Weirdo

The US Navy has a tradition that no submarine is ever considered lost at sea. Subs that don’t return, including 52 lost during WWII, are considered “still on patrol.” Every year at Christmastime sailors manning communications hubs send holiday greetings to those listed as still on patrol.

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In the whole history of submarine…

December 27, 2019Weirdo

In the whole history of submarine warfare, there was only ever one underwater submarine battle. That battle was also the only time a submerged submarine sunk another submerged submarine.

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In 1900, when submarines were being…

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019Weirdo

In 1900, when submarines were being introduced to navies, Admiral Arthur Wilson called them underhanded, threatening to hang enemy sub crews as pirates. So, in 1914, when Max Horton commanded Britain’s first sub engagement against the Germans, he ordered his crew to fly a Jolly Roger.

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The first combat submarine…

October 7, 2019Weirdo

The first combat submarine to sink a warship also simultaneously sank itself.

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HMS Thetis has the rare and unwanted honor of a submarine…

June 11, 2017Weirdo

HMS Thetis has the rare and unwanted honor of a submarine to have twice sunk and killed her crew. She sank during trials in 1939, drowning 99 men, before being raised and renamed. Sunk again during battle in 1943, her entire second crew was also lost.

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A tool shop owner paid $100 for a locked abandoned storage…

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016Weirdo

A tool shop owner paid $100 for a locked abandoned storage unit, only to find the Lotus Esprit submarine prop from The Spy Who Loved Me inside. He sold it to Elon Musk for $825,000.

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During World War 2, Allied submarines would lie on beds…

August 20, 2016Weirdo

During World War 2, Allied submarines would lie on beds of pistol shrimp. The snapping sound made by the shrimp was so loud, it stopped the submarines from being picked up on Japanese sonar.

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