Gymnote was one of the world's first all-electric submarines and the first functional submarine equipped with torpedoes. Launched on 24 September 1888...
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Two submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Gymnote (“Electric Eel”): French submarine Gymnote (Q1), a pioneering French Navy submarine of the...
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included submarines built in France for foreign navies, accounting for several gaps in the 'Q' numbering below. Plongeur (1863–1872) Gymnote (Q1) (1888–1908)...
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Lalande and Chaperon to build copper oxide batteries. In 1887, the French submarine Gymnote (Q1) was built. The boat was originally fitted with 540 Lalande–Chaperon...
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