The Ministère de la Marine ordered from Toulon's arsenal a large electric submarine, the second of its kind after the Gymnote. It would take the name of the engineer Gustave Zédé and would serve until 1909 as a French underwater weapon test bench. The Gymnote, launched in Toulon on 24 September 1888, showed that [...] Article 4 October 1890: The first combat submarine of the French Navy (Toulon) was launched first on MARINE & OCÉANS.
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The Ministère de la Marine ordered from Toulon's arsenal a large electric submarine, the second of its kind after the Gymnote. It would take the name of the engineer Gustave Zédé and would serve until 1909 as a French underwater weapon test bench. The Gymnote, launched in Toulon on 24 September 1888, showed that [...] Article 4 October 1890: The first combat submarine of the French Navy (Toulon) was launched first on MARINE & OCÉANS.