I was always impressed by the courage of the men who sailed her. I did a lot of crazy stuff in my youth but I would never have gotten into such an obvious deathtrap.
It’s only an obvious deathtrap to us based upon our knowledge of the evolution of submarines. Back when it was built, short of water pouring in through the seams, would you have had the same thought since it was “state of the art” and you were most likely living on the coast working on sailing vessels.
If you thought as they did at the time perhaps you would have
I went to see it years ago in a chemical tank.
Talk about tiny.