Maritime incidents in February 1880

thumb|A replica of the Resurgam, built in 1878–79. The replica was built in 1997 and is on display close to the Woodside, Merseyside|Woodside terminal of the [[Mersey Ferry in Birkenhead, Wirral]] Resurgam (Latin: "I shall rise again") is an early submarine from the Victorian era and its prototype, designed and built in Britain by Reverend George Garrett. She was intended as a weapon to penetrate the chain netting placed around ship hulls to defend against attack by torpedo vessels.