Episode 408 - The Fenian Ram

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A half-blind Irish immigrant to the US freelance develops the first modern submarine with funds from the Fenian Brotherhood. This leads to a lot of arguments and a late-night submarine jacking.

SOURCES:

Davies, R. Nautilus: The Story of Man Under the Sea

Lyons, Chuck. The Holland Submarine. Military Heritage. August 2008. Vol 10, no. 1

Devoy Tells Story of First Submarine: Holland Warship Purchased for Clan-na-Gael, The Original Owners, by Harry Cunningham”, The Gaelic American, New York, 09 July 1927

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1935/august/fenian-ram

https://www.millrivertrail.com/learn/famous-stolen-submarine

https://web.archive.org/web/20121021174106/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_19/holland2.htm