Resurgam
Sign in to savethumb|A replica of the Resurgam, built in 1878–79. The replica was built in 1997 and is on display close to the Woodside, Merseyside|Woodside terminal of the [[Mersey Ferry in Birkenhead, Wirral]] Resurgam (Latin: "I shall rise again") is an early submarine from the Victorian era and its prototype, designed and built in Britain by Reverend George Garrett. She was intended as a weapon to penetrate the chain netting placed around ship hulls to defend against attack by torpedo vessels.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- submarine
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Operator
- Royal Navy
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Manufacturer
- Cochran
- Designed by
- George Garrett
- Image
- Resurgam II sketch.jpg
- Speed
- 3
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- total produced
- 2
- inception
- 1879-00-00
- Commons category
- Resurgam submarines
- service entry
- 1879-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- ''Resurgam'' I
- ''Resurgam'' II
- Construction
- Loss
- Discovery of wreck
- Replica
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|A replica of the Resurgam, built in 1878–79. The replica was built in 1997 and is on display close to the Woodside, Merseyside|Woodside terminal of the [[Mersey Ferry in Birkenhead, Wirral]] Resurgam (Latin: "I shall rise again") is an early submarine from the Victorian era and its prototype, designed and built in Britain by Reverend George Garrett. She was intended as a weapon to penetrate the chain netting placed around ship hulls to defend against attack by torpedo vessels.
==Resurgam I== The first Resurgam, built in 1878-79, was a 14 ft (5 m), hand-powered, one-man vessel nicknamed "the curate's egg" because of her shape. She was a one-third size prototype for Garrett's design.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Resurgam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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