The first sub used in war was David Bushnell's TURTLE, used in 1776 (Revolutionary War). It was piloted by Sgt. Ezra Lee from the American Continental Army.
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William Bourne never constructed a submarine; though he is credited by historians with inventing it, his claim to fame in the submarine world is that he was the first to draw a publish a design (1578) from which Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel built the first navigable submarine (1620).
Fulton designed a submarine called Nautilus.
Credit for the invention of the submarine is sometimes given to William Bourne, a British mathematician and ex-Royal Navy gunner, who published a design in 1578.
In 1620 a navigable submarine was built by Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel (who was in the employ of James I of England) from a design published in 1578 by English mathematician William Bourne.
India's first submarine was INS CHAKRA nd first nuclear submarine is INS ARIHANT..
The word submarine can be a noun or an adjective.(Note that as an adjective it means underwater, not the type of submersible ship.)
Submarine pioneer John P. Holland was the first to apply for and receive patents on his successful submarine technology in the late 1800's. His designs and technology, though they've been advanced over the years, essentially remain the same in principle of design today.
The Confederate submarine 'H L Hunley' was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship
Wood was used to make the first submarine
Credit for the creation of the submarine goes to William Bourne, a British mathematician and former Navy gunner. He published his design for it in 1578.
INS- Arihant (first indigenous nuclear powered submarine),, INS- chakra (first nuclear submarine).