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and launched on 26 November 1879. Her construction was of iron plates fastened to iron frames, with the central section of the vessel clad with wood secured by iron straps. As built, she was 45 feet (14 m) long by 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter, weighed 30 long tons (30 t), and had a
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s hull is intact although partially damaged and remains at risk from illegal diving and trawling. Since her discovery, the conning tower steering wheel has been broken and portable items have gone missing.
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was a mystery. In 1995, she was found by an experienced wreck diver, Keith Hurley, while he was attempting to clear snagged fishing nets in 60 feet (18 m) of water. On 4 July 1996
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undertook conservation work, placing zinc sacrificial anodes on the wreck. In 2012 divers from the British Sub-Aqua Club in Chester also replaced sacrificial anodes on the wreck.
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In 1997, a project called SUBMAP was undertaken by the Archaeological Diving Unit to study the wreck site. Over one hundred volunteer divers, coordinated by the
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After falling into disrepair the replica was refurbished by students of the North West Maritime and Engineering College in 2009.
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could not be fastened from outside, the submarine began to ship water and the tow-rope broke under the added weight, the
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crew of three. She was powered by a closed-cycle steam engine originally patented in 1872 by the American engineer
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A replica of the vessel was built by trainees at the AMARC Training College attached to the
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that had been attached to the hull. Plans to raise her have so far not been fruitful.
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crew transferred to her to assist. Because the entry hatch on the
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Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 19 October 2006
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and its prototype, designed and built in Britain by Reverend
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shipyard, Birkenhead, in 1996–97. She was put on display at
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Historic Shipwrecks, Discovered, Protected and Investigated
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should make her way under her own power from Birkenhead to
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Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Annual Report 2005
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Fenwick, Valerie and Gale, Alison (1998), pp 143–144,
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Index

Resurgam (disambiguation)

Woodside
Mersey Ferry
Birkenhead
Latin
submarine
Victorian era
George Garrett
hulls
curate's egg

Birkenhead
Emile Lamm
positive buoyancy
hydroplanes
East Float
Wallasey
Portsmouth
Royal Navy
Rhyl
tender
Liverpool Bay
Protection of Wrecks Act
53°23.78′N 03°33.18′W / 53.39633°N 3.55300°W / 53.39633; -3.55300
Nautical Archaeology Society
Site Recorder
sacrificial anodes
Wreck Detectives
British Sub-Aqua Club

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