Brandtaucher
Brandtaucher on display at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Brandtaucher |
| Builder | Schweffel & Howaldt, Kiel |
| Launched | 1850 |
| Fate |
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| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Length | 8.07 m (26.5 ft) |
| Beam | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) |
| Depth | 2.63 m (8 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Cranked propeller |
| Speed | 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) |
| Test depth | 9.5 m (31 ft) |
| Complement | 3 |
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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 Kiel for Schleswig-Holstein's Flotilla (part of the Reichsflotte) in 1850. The Brandtaucher is the oldest known surviving submarine in the world.