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The idea of a submarine has been around for many centuries; even Leonardo da vinci had drawings of them. Historians credit the invention of the submarine to William Bourne, a British mathematician and ex-Royal Navy gunner who published a design in 1578. The first navigable submarine for which reliable construction data exists was built from Bourne's design in 1620 by Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel, a Dutch inventor in the employ of King James I of England.

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Submarine warfare has lasted since WW1 and is still ongoing

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