From the BBC:
The maiden voyage of a replica Bronze Age submarine made in Kent went ahead smoothly as it slipped beneath the waves after being launched.
The vessel, which is called Sub 1550 BC, quickly and efficiently began to take on water when it was lowered into Dover Harbour. It is half the size of an original Bronze Age submarine-cum-tunnelling machine which was unearthed in Dover in 1992.
A Canterbury Christ Church University spokeswoman said: "It went to plan so we had a bit of a naming ceremony as well... They had the submarine carefully placed in a crane hammock and it filled up straight away."
Sunday, 13 May 2012
"Dover launch of replica Bronze Age submarine a success"
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Funny. That's what happened when the the original was launched in 1550BC too. Talk about a coincidence!
oi did laugh
This has already made it onto Fark.com under the heading
"Team of specialist archaeologists spend three months creating replica of Bronze Age boat only to work out that a boat specialist may have been fractionally more useful "
I would have thought that designing a boat that sinks was infinitely easier than designing one that floats.
I expect the first one of these was invented back in the stone age.
Derek beat me to it with far more class and subtlety.
Titanic Achievement!
"The boat is half the size of an original Bronze Age boat which was unearthed in Dover in 1992."
Maybe the original wasn't a boat at all. Maybe it was a shed roof.
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