Nautilus is the name of several submarines, submersibles, and semisubs. They are named for the nautilus.
Military subs
edit- Nautilus (1800 submarine), a French First Republic sub designed by Fulton, considered the first practical sub (1800–1802)
- French submarine Nautilus (1930), a French Navy sub, a Saphir-class submarine (1927–1947)
- HMS Nautilus (1914), a UK Royal Navy sub, the largest RN sub at service entry (1914–1922)
- USS Nautilus (SS-168), a U.S. Navy sub, a Narwhal-class submarine (1930–1945)
- USS Nautilus (SSN-571), a prototype U.S. Navy sub, the first nuclear submarine (1954–1980)
Civilian subs
edit- Nautilus (O-class submarine), a former U.S. Navy submarine, a O-class submarine (1917–1931)
- UC3 Nautilus, a Danish civilian home-built sub, part of a 2017 murder case (2009–2018)
Fictional subs
edit- Nautilus (fictional submarine), a fictional submarine created by Jules Verne. Found in the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874)
See also
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