Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

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Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

Author	Victor Appleton
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Tom Swift
Genre(s)	Young adult novel Adventure novel
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1910
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	200+ pp
ISBN	NA
Preceded by	Tom Swift and His Airship
Followed by	Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout

Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure, is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

[edit] Plot summary

Tom Swift's father has completed an experimental submarine design that he expects to test in an upcoming government sponsored race and trial. However, when news surfaces of a ship, which was full of gold, that sank off the coast of Uraguay, Tom Swift and his father quickly change course. The treasure lies on the bed of the ocean, three miles below the surface, and only the Swift submarine can make the dive - or so they thought! Soon a rival emerges from the inky depths and a battle ensues that puts the crew in peril of sinking beneath the waves forever.

[edit] Inventions & Innovation

Barton Smith, Tom's father, has designed an innovative submarine - The Advance - that can outperform anything even the government has in its arsenal. At 100ft from nose to stern, and 20ft at the beam, the submarine has a triple layered hull (which can handle depths of more than three miles). It runs normally on gasoline, but also has the advantage of a hydrodynamic drive for auxiliary and silent propulsion. The craft is armed with electric cannons both at the rear and fore of the ship as well as a ram on the prow, should it come to the worst. There are many rooms, both luxurious and well-appointed, including a lounge, bedrooms, and, of course, an airlock through which the crew can exit when exploring the ocean floor in their specially designed deep-water diving suits.