SS - Resurgam

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Resurgam, the first submarine in the world powered machine (the previous were driven by the forces of his crew). The ship was designed and patented manchesterským spiritual reverend George William Garrettem. It was built in the year 1879, at the company Cochran & Co in Birkenhead, for at that time a rather large sum of £ 1500. Its original purpose was the protection of the English shores, and was therefore prepared to carry torpedoes.
Resurgan was built out of iron plates, fitted to the skeleton of the wooden frames and beams reinforced with iron straps. It was powered by a steam engine with a closed system the recently introduced Eugenem Lammem in 1872. Machine is powered by one bolt and could work 4 hours. Resurgan was constructed so that its plovatelnost was greater than 1, and therefore under normal circumstances, sailed on the surface of the water, under the water ponořoval using the two wings in the middle of the ship. After its completion, the building had Resurgan the length of the 13,68 m and 3 m diameter weighed 30 tons and his crew had three men. After successful testing in Wallasey was reurgan moved under its own power from the Birkenheadu to Plymouthuna teaser for the Royal Navy. Along the way however, there are technical problems which forced the crew to stop at the docks in Rhyl to repair. After the repair the submarine surged in the night and the storm on the next cruise for the steam yacht (Yacht) i towed the boat but there were problems with the drive and the crew Resurganu have been transported on board the towed ship to command. The hatch of the submarine but it was not possible to close from the outside and to the submarine came to this path of the water, towed the rope lasted this move and burst, Resourgan was lost near Rhyl 25. 2. 1880.
The submarine was found in 1995 when he got involved in the trawl nets of the local fishermen. Local diver network released and reported the findings of a submarine Resourgan was then declared a protected vrakem (protected wreck), is located at the position 53°2378 sev. latitude and 3°3318 záp. longitude, at a depth of 18 m. on the ship, the ongoing archaeological research. A replica is on display in Birkenhead, where it was built..
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