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A 60-year-old farmer in China has built his own "Big Black Fish" -- a homemade submarine that can accommodate two people, dive eight metres and stay underwater for 30 minutes at a time. Zhang Shengwu, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Taiwan has launched its first domestically-built submarine, marking a significant milestone in its efforts to replace an aging naval capability. The diesel-electric attack ...

COPENHAGEN, DenmarkCOPENHAGEN, Denmark — The human rights of a self-taught Danish engineer who was convicted five years ago of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine were not ...

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a homemade submarine and seized a cocaine haul worth at least $181 million off the coast of Mexico, officials said. The bust last month is the biggest of its kind in ...

What was first thought to be a potential disaster turned out to be a peculiar discovery in the waters of the San Francisco Bay. The initial scare on Sunday afternoon was a report of possibly downed ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, ...

Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu sits in his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China’s eastern Anhui province - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA ...

Taiwan launched its first domestically-built submarine on Sept. 28, 2023, at CSBC Shipyard in the southern city of Kaohsiung. (Photo by Wang Yu Ching/Taiwan presidential office photo via Flickr) ...