Inventors and engineers who built the first submarines, from Drebbel's rowed boat of 1620 to Holland's and Lake's boats of the 1890s and 1900s. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person a submarine inventor, builder or pioneer. It excludes surface ship designers and shipping magnates. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Cornelis Drebbel (Wikipedia)
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Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪ ˈɕaːkɔpsoːn ˈdrɛbəl]; 1572-7 November 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor.
John Philip Holland (Wikipedia)
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John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann; February 24, 1841, August 12, 1914) was an Irish-American marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, USS Holland (SS-1) and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.
Horace Lawson Hunley (Wikipedia)
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Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823, October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War.
Wilhelm Bauer (Wikipedia)
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Wilhelm Bauer (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈbaʊɐ]; 23 December 1822-20 June 1875) was a German marine engineer and inventor who built several hand-powered submarines.
David Bushnell (inventor) (Wikipedia)
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David Bushnell (August 30, 1740-1824) was an American inventor, patriot, teacher, and a medical doctor.
Narcis Monturiol (Wikipedia)
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Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol (Catalan pronunciation: [nəɾˈsiz muntuɾiˈɔl i əstəriˈɔl]; 28 September 1819-6 September 1885) was a Spanish lawyer, artist, journalist, newspaper publisher and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia.
Charles Momsen (Wikipedia)
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Charles Bowers Momsen (June 21, 1896, May 25, 1967), nicknamed "Swede", was born in Flushing, New York.
Isaac Peral (Wikipedia)
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Isaac Peral y Caballero (1 June 1851, in Cartagena, 22 May 1895, in Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer, and designer of the submarine Peral.
Simon Lake (Wikipedia)
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Simon Lake (September 4, 1866, June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy.
Thorsten Nordenfelt (Wikipedia)
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Thorsten Nordenfelt (1 March 1842-8 February 1920) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist.
Stefan Drzewiecki (Wikipedia)
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was a Polish scientist, journalist, engineer, constructor and inventor, known for designing and constructing the world's first electric-powered submarine.
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