In the year 1866, while the war between Chile and Spain was taking place, the Chilean Navy, together with the engineer Karl Flach, developed and created the Flach submarine (at that time the term torpedo was used). This one sailed for the first time on April 21, 1866, later days it carried out other tests but on May 3 of that year it submerged in the bay of Valparaíso so as not to emerge any more, remaining under the sea with all its crew including Karl Flach and his son and 9 or 12 other crew members (it is unknown if there were a total of 11 or 14). Based on years of work, it was possible to obtain information on how the submarine would be, which I have taken to this model, which has been engineered with the information obtained. It is known that the inner hull was made of wood and covered in wrought iron, as well as having a 40-pound waterline gun, and the upper deck a 2.5-inch gun which was covered by a sphere that maintained it. dry. More information you can write to dmalfanti@gmail.com (Daniel Malfanti)
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