Brandtaucher

Brandtaucher on display at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
History
Germany
Name	Brandtaucher
Builder	Schweffel & Howaldt, Kiel
Launched	1850
Fate	Sank, 1 February 1851 Raised, 5 July 1887
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

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.^[1]