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Title
Replica Early Victorian Submarine
Date
1997–2021
Medium
iron, wood & brass
Measurements
H 300 x W 1400 x D 300 cm (E)
Accession number
CH41_RB_S017
Acquisition method
commissioned by Woodside Area Community Interest Company
Work type
Sculpture
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on a metal plate, with inscription in black, screwed to the side: RESURGAM / FULL SIZE REPLICA / BUILT BY THE TRAINEES OF / RATHBONE C.I. (AMARC BIRKENHEAD) / MARCH 1997; and on another plate: Resurgam / Built in 1879 by J.T. Cochrane, Cleveland Street, Birkenhead / Designed by Reverend George Garrett (1852-1902) / RESURGAM - Latin for “I shall rise again” / This is a full-size model of one of the first submarines ever built. She was designed by / Reverend George Garrett, a curate in Birkenhead who was a trained chemist. / The construction was of iron and wood, 45ft(14m) long, 10 feet(3m)in diameter / and weighing 330tons; she cost £1,538 to boil. She was powered by / a closed cycle steam engine and crewed by 3 men. / Trials in the East Float of Birkenhead Docks and at sea showed that she did sail / and submerge, if only briefly. This was the first vessel to be successfully / propelled mechanically underwater. / On her way to Portsmouth for a demonstration to the Royal Navy in February 1880, / she sank in a storm 15 miles off Rhyl. The wreck was only found in1995. / The model was built by AMARC trainees in 1997 and was refurbished in 2009 / by the Maritime & Engineering College north West, Monks Way, Birkenhead.