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Hi Mike.
I think the site was in error or else was speaking
in relative terms of "turtle", since a British admiral was calling
another submarine the (by that time generic name
of) "turtle" since Bushnell's boat was well known by that time.
Go to this site and scroll down to 1812-1815 and
you will see the other "turtle" they may have been talking about.
But you are correct, the model site is misleading
and makes you think David Bushnell's turtle was resurrected
and used again. That did not happen.
This boat is a mystery and is only recorded and
preserved in one of firearms inventor Samuel Colts notebooks
with a simple drawing of it. Bill Akins. http://www.submarine-history.com/NOVAone.htm
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