Flach submersible

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140 JAHRE ALTES U-BOOT

Vor Chile gefunden

Taucher haben vor dem Hafen der chilenischen Stadt Valparaiso offenbar eines der ältesten Unterseeboote der Welt entdeckt. "Wir sind uns fast sicher", dass es sich um das U-Boot "Flach" handelt, sagte der Chef der Erkundungsarbeiten. Die "Flach" ging am 3. Mai 1866 mit elf Crew-Mitglieder und dem Erfinder Karl Flach unter. (afp)

http://www.taz.de/dx/2007/04/27/a0067.1/text

140 year old submarine found before Chile

Divers seem to have discovered one of the oldest submarines of the world before the port of the Chilean city Valparaiso. “We are us nearly reliably” that it concerns the submarine “flat”, said the boss of the investigation work. The “flat” went down at 3th May 1866 with eleven crew members and the inventor Karl Flat.


The Flach, built for the chilean government
by the german engineer Karl Flach in 1865.

The first submarine in Latin America was the "Flach" (submarino Flach), commissioned in 1865 by the chilean government during the war between Chile and Peru against Spain (1864-1866). It was built by the german engineer Karl Flach. The submarine sank during tests in Valparaiso bay on May 3, 1866, with the entire eleven-man crew.

http://www.cdnn.info/news/article/a061220.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/1049838
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine