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Improvements in submarine design

New submarine technology

World War One had resulted in various design developments in submarines, necessitated by wartime conditions. The submarine therefore represented a formidable weapon of war by 1918, even though few of the more innovative submarine designs which had been thought up during the war were retained.

HMS X1 at sea (RNSM)

HMS X1 at sea (RNSM)

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