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thumb|Internal mechanism of the Brandtaucher submarine in Dresden thumb|The Brandtaucher submarine cutaway model in Dresden, Germany thumb|Sketch of the Brandtaucher (from an 1896 book)

Key facts

Ship.display_title
ital
Ship/image.image
Bundeswehrmuseum Dresden 7bis.jpg
Ship/image.image_caption
Brandtaucher on display at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
Ship/career.country
Germany
Ship/career.flag
60px
Ship/career.name
Brandtaucher
Ship/career.builder
Schweffel & Howaldt, Kiel
Ship/career.launched
1850
Ship/career.fate
Sank, 1 February 1851 Raised, 5 July 1887
Ship/career.status
Museum ship
Ship/characteristics.type
Submarine
Ship/characteristics.propulsion
Cranked propeller
Ship/characteristics.complement
3

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Designed by
Wilhelm Bauer
Image
Bundeswehrmuseum Dresden 8.jpg
Length
8.07
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Commons category
Brandtaucher (submarine, 1850)
Commons gallery
Brandtaucher
country of registry
Germany
beam
2
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thumb|Internal mechanism of the Brandtaucher submarine in Dresden thumb|The Brandtaucher submarine cutaway model in Dresden, Germany thumb|Sketch of the Brandtaucher (from an 1896 book)

Brandtaucher (German for Fire-diver) was a submersible designed by the Bavarian inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer and built by Schweffel & Howaldt in Kiel for Schleswig-Holstein's Flotilla (part of the Reichsflotte) in 1850. The Brandtaucher is the oldest known surviving submarine in the world.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brandtaucher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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