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Cosme García Sáez (born 1818 in Logroño, died in 1874 in Spanish Newspaper Murcia Economía report of 30 Jan 212
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Cosme García Sáez (born 1818 in Logroño, died in 1874 in Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
) was a Spanish inventor. It is claimed that he was first to invent a submersible
A submersible is a small watercraft designed to operate underwater. The term "submersible" is often used to differentiate from other underwater vessels known as submarines, in that a submarine is a fully self-sufficient craft, capable of ind ...
, preceding those of Narciso Monturiol Narciso may refer to:
Given name
* Narciso Clavería y de Palacios, Spanish architect
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and Isaac Peral.
He was self-taught without formal training in engineering
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.
However, three naval submarines (A-3, S-34 and S-83) have been named after him./ref>
See also
*Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
*History of submarines
The history of the submarine spans the entire history of human endeavour as mankind has since early civilisation sought to explore and travel under the sea. Humanity has employed a variety of methods to travel underwater for exploration, recreat ...
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