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Gustave Alexandre Zédé


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Ship Builder 
Date of Birth15.2.1825 - Paris ref:631
First Known Service1.11.1843ref:631
Father
Pierre Amédée ZédéFrench
Naval Sailor
Ship Builder
Service 1809-1863
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WifeBlanche Elisa Boelle - Married 23.11.1854, Brest ref:631
Brother
Emile Hippolyte ZédéFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1843-1892
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Last Known Service1876ref:631
Date of Death26.4.1891 - Paris ref:631
Cause of Deathexplosionref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.11.1843 Appointed Elève de Polytechniqueref:631
1.10.1845 Appointed Elève du Génie Maritimeref:631
1.10.1847 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Troisième Classe de la Marineref:631
1.12.1849 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Seconde Classe de la Marineref:631
9.1850 He studies the behavior of the first propeller frigate "Isly" , in Brest .ref:631
1852 
Le Montebello (110) 1852-1889
French 110 Gun
1st Rate Screw Ship of the Line
, Constructeur Naval
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13.4.1854 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Première Classe de la Marineref:631
bef.1.1.1860 Appointed Adjoint à la Direction des Constructions Navales de l'Arrondissement Maritime at Brestref:631
3.1862 Membre de la Commission pour l'Examen des Inventionsref:631
7.1862 He is responsible for supervising the construction of vessels on behalf of the "Compagnie Générale Transatlantique" , in France and abroad .ref:631
10.1.1863 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Seconde Classeref:631
aft.10.1.1863bef.2.1864He was sent to England to acquire a vessel specializing in underwater telegraphy operations .ref:631
29.12.1866 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
16.10.1867 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Première Classeref:631
bef.1.1.1869 Appointed Membre Adjoint du Comité de l'Artillerie at Parisref:631
bef.1.1.1869 Appointed Chef de Bureau à l’Administration Centrale at Paris

Chef du 1er Bureau - Constructions Navales - de la 4ème Direction - Matériel - du Ministère de la Marine

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1870 During the siege of Paris , Assistant to Dupuy de Lome on the City Defense Committee , he built one of the first dirigible aerostats , after developing an electric motor later used on his submarine .ref:631
5.1876 Appointed Adjoint à l’Inspection Générale du Génie Maritimeref:631
aft.5.1876 Appointed Membre de la Commission des Défenses Sous-Marines

He then became interested in torpedoes and their powder propellants .

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12.11.1876 He was seriously injured in an accidental explosion in his laboratory at the "École Normale Supérieure" .ref:631
4.10.1880 Appointed Directeur des Constructions Navales de Seconde Classeref:631
1881 Appointed Chef du Service du Génie Maritime at Cherbourgref:631
5.188126.4.1891Retired from active service to enter the Forges and Chantiers de la Méditerranée . Taking over Dupuy de Lome's project , he drew up the plans for a submarine, the "Gymnote" , which was to be built in Toulon in 1888 . He was the true "father" of the submarine . He will die in the explosion of the laboratory where he worked .ref:631

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