- Look up
plongeur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Plongeur, the
French word for
diver may
refer to the
following The
French submarine Plongeur An employee...
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Plongeur (French for "Diver") was a
French submarine launched on 16
April 1863. She was the
first submarine in the
world to be
propelled by mechanized...
- he
describes the "caste system" of the hotel—"manager-cooks-waiters-
plongeurs"—and, in
Chapter XIV, its
frantic and
seemingly chaotic workings. He notes...
- Navy
clearance divers are
known as
plongeurs démineurs. The
French Army also has
clearance divers named plongeurs de
combat du génie that
operate in freshwater...
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comparatively primitive vessels.
Jules Verne saw a
model of the
French submarine Plongeur at the
Exposition Universelle in 1867,
which inspired him
while writing...
- term débrouillard as
something the lowest-level
kitchen workers, the
plongeurs,
wanted to be called,
indicating that they were
people who
would get the...
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Parachute Underwater Demolition P.C.G
Teams (Combat
Engineer Divers, French:
Plongeurs Commando group),
DINOPS Teams of
Nautical Subaquatic Intervention Operational...
- 1986.
During the 1970s, he was
appointed Commander of the
Groupement de
Plongeurs Démineurs de Cherbourg,
whose mission was to find and
neutralise underground...
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classed by the
French Navy as a BBPD type
vessel (French: bâtiment-base de
plongeurs démineurs) and is used as a base ship for
clearance divers.
Vulcain was...
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first submarine not
relying on
human power for
propulsion was the
French Plongeur (Diver),
launched in 1863,
which used
compressed air at 1,200 kPa (180 psi)...
