Working Replica of First Submarine

Dutch Submarines [1] describes a very interesting BBC project - building a replica of the first known submarine. Is the BBC documenting the history of a Dutch submarine? Well the inventor was Cornelius Drebbel (Dutch) and he built and demonstrated it for King James I (British) on the Thames back in the 1620s.

Anyway, the boat is effectively a wood underwater rowboat and the page linked below has some great photos and illustrations of the design and operation of the replica. Good stuff!

http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/specials/special_first_submarine.htm [2]