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Brandtaucher (German for Fire-diver) was a
submersible designed by the
Bavarian inventor and
engineer Wilhelm Bauer and
built by
Schweffel &
Howaldt in...
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forced Bauer to
change his
designs in
order to
reduce costs. The
finished Brandtaucher,
built by
August Howaldt of the
later Howaldtswerke was 28 feet long...
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effect on shipping. The
first submarine built in Germany, the three-man
Brandtaucher, sank to the
bottom of Kiel
Harbor on 1
February 1851
during a test dive...
- of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1850, the
company built an
early submarine,
Brandtaucher,
designed by
Wilhelm Bauer. It had been
intended to
build the boat in...
- Pharaohs, now
commonly known as the
Amarna Letters.
German submersible Brandtaucher,
which sank on
trial in the port of Kiel in 1851, is discovered, and...
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renamed Wilhelm Bauer,
after the
designer of the
first German U-boat,
Brandtaucher,
built in Kiel by
August Howaldt in 1850. From May 1970 she
again entered...
- Dom
Fernando II e Glória⚓ (1843) Bertha⚓ (1844)
Great Britain⚓ (1845)
Brandtaucher⚓ (1850) Radetzky⚓ (1851) Snow Squall⚓ (1851)
Edwin Fox⚓ (1853) Constellation⚓...
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January 28 –
Northwestern University is
founded in Illinois.
February 1 –
Brandtaucher, the
oldest surviving submersible craft,
sinks during acceptance trials...
- Dom
Fernando II e Glória⚓ (1843) Bertha⚓ (1844)
Great Britain⚓ (1845)
Brandtaucher⚓ (1850) Radetzky⚓ (1851) Snow Squall⚓ (1851)
Edwin Fox⚓ (1853) Constellation⚓...
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Germany The flag of the
Grand Admiral of the
Imperial Navy The
original Brandtaucher, Germany's
first submarine The rod ring gun, "Faule Magd", from approx...