The Flach was the first submarine built in Chile and Latin America. Fifth in the Americas. At the request of the Chilean government the Flach was built by Karl Flach, a German immigrant in 1866. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ... For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

At that time, the Flach was the ninth submarine world wide^[1] and along with a second submarine, it was intended to defend the port of Valparaiso against the Spanish. The second boat, built by Gustavo Heyermann, sank on its maiden voyage. Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Valparaiso is the name of at least three cities and a village: Valparaíso, Chile Valparaiso, Florida Valparaiso, Indiana Valparaiso, Nebraska This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

On 3 May 1866, after several days of successful testing, Karl Flach himself, his 16 year old son and nine other crewmen (5 german, 2 chileans and 2 french) boarded the submarine for another test run. During this test, catastrophe struck and the submarine sunk to the ocean floor in a depth of about 50 meters. May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Two days later, the Flach was located by the English frigate HMS Leander and a diver named John Wallace was able to reach and then draw the wreck which had buried itself nose-down into the sediment. According to some sources an attempt to raise the submarine failed because of this. For the bird, see Frigatebird. ... Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander: Leander (1780) - 4th rate of 53 guns which took part in the Battle of the Nile. ... Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ...

As of april 2007, the Chilean Navy is still searching for the submarine and once found, intends to raise it even though it is yet unclear what to do with the remains of the 11 people that are expected inside the Flach. It was reported, that the Flach submarine got found on 25 April 2007.^{[citation needed]} Chilean Navy Jack The Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) is the naval force of Chile. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

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External links

• Hunt for Chile's first submarine
• Chile to resume search for old sub (Reuters)