Turtle submarine 1776 rename

• Turtle

  

  Turtle was the world's first submarine used in battle. It was invented in Connecticut in 1775 by American Patriot David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor. Governor Trumbull recommended the invention to George...

• David Bushnell

  

  Edit

  Date of birth:

  1742

  Edit

   

  • Import list
  • Detail view

  Country of nationality:

  • United States of America

  Edit

   

  • Import list
  • Detail view

  Profession:

  • Inventor

  Edit

  Date of death:

  1824

  David Bushnell (1742–1824), of Saybrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor during the Revolutionary War. He is credited with creating the first submarine ever used in combat, while studying at Yale University in 1775. He called it the Turtle...

• Ezra Lee

• HMS Eagle

Merchant Links

• eBay - HMS Eagle models, photos, and other naval historiana
• eBay - Turtle models, photos, and other naval historiana