Charles Brun (France) Explained

Charles Brun (22 November 1821, Toulon  - 13 January 1897, Paris) was a 1st class engineer of the French Navy stationed at Rochefort, France.

He was famously involved in building the submarine Plongeur,^[1] which had been designed by Simon Bourgeois, in 1862.

Charles Brun later became:

• Director of Naval constructions
• Member of Parliament for Var (1871–76)
• Senator for Var (1876–89)
• Minister of Marine and the Colonies from 1883

Notes and References

1. Le Masson, H. (1969) Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoubtable (Histoire critique du sous-marin dans la marine française), Paris pp.55–59