gunpowder and fired by | | | | clockwork. | | | | July 20, | " | Experiment on a large hulk| New York, |Finally successful, several 1807. | | brig. | America. | attempts being necessary, owing | | | | to faulty construction. | | | | Oct. | " | Attack on the U.S. sloop | New York. |Failed, owing to the very 1810. | | _Argus_ for finally | | ingenious though elaborate | | testing the efficacy of | | defence of the vessel, carried | | his torpedo schemes. | | out under the directions of | | | | Commodore Rodgers. | | | | 1812. | Mr. Mix. | Attack on the English | Lynn, Haven|Complete failure, though six | | frigate H.M.S. | Bay, | different attempts were made. | | _Plantagenet_ with his | America. | | | drifting torpedoes. | | | | | | June 15, | " |Attack on H.M.S. _Ramilies_| New York. | An utter failure. 1813. | | by blowing up a schooner | | | | alongside. | | | | | | 1820. | Captain |Experiment with a submarine| Moulsford, |Idea was to fasten the torpedo by | Johnson. | boat carrying a torpedo | Berks, | means of screws to the bottom of | | on its back. | England. | the hostile vessel. Trial proved | | | | successful, but the English | | | | government refused to sanction | | | | the project as being too | | | | diabolical. | | | | July 4, | Colonel | Experiment on a raft with | Ware Pond, | Successful. 1829. | Samuel | his submarine battery. | America. | | Colt. | | | | | | | 1839. | General | Destruction of the wreck | Portsmouth,|He is stated to have employed | Paisley, | of the _Royal George_ by| England. | galvanic firing to explode the | R.E.