Wilhelm Bauer
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Wilhelm Bauer (* 23 December 1822 in Dillingen on the Danube; † 20 June 1875 in Munich), a German engineer, designed the first modern u-boats.
All u-boats today are designed by the same principles as Bauer's.
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Ships
- 1850 Brandtaucher, built to Bauers design by August Howaldt of the later Howaldtswerke at Kiel. The purchase offer came from the government of Schleswig-Holstein for its Schleswig-Holstein-flotilla, which was at war with Danmark (1848-1851). The Brandtaucher is an exhibit of the German military history Museum in Dresden.
- 1856 Seeteufel, built by Bauer for Russia in St. Petersburg.
- The German navy Bundesmarine renamed a Type XXI u-boat Wilhelm Bauer in 1960.
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