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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)

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Vinony's link graph records 382 inbound references to Brandtaucher, and connects out to H. L. Hunley, Bundeswehr Military History Museum and Germany.

It is catalogued under topics including 1850 in the German Confederation, 19th-century submarines and German inventions.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

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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