Charles Brun (22 November 1821,

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– 13 January 1897,

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) was a 1st class engineer of the

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stationed at

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. He was famously involved in building the submarine ''

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'',Le Masson, H. (1969) Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoubtable (Histoire critique du sous-marin dans la marine française), Paris pp.55–59 which had been designed by Simon Bourgeois, in 1862. Charles Brun later became: *Director of Naval constructions *Member of

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for

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(1871–76) *

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for Var (1876–89) * Minister of Marine and the Colonies from 1883

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1821 births 1897 deaths Military personnel from Toulon Politicians from Toulon Opportunist Republicans Ministers of Marine and the Colonies Members of the National Assembly (1871) French Senators of the Third Republic Senators of Var (department) {{France-politician-stub