Wilhelm Bauer was born on December 23, 1822. A German inventor and engineer who built several hand-powered submarines. After his experience in the German/Danish war for Schleswig-Holstein, he quickly developed a plan to build a new type of submersible ship to help break blockades. While he was plagued by shortcomings in funding, and his own submarine designs had many mechanical and practical problems, several aspects of his designs are found today in submarine design, and in 1960 the German Bundesmarine renamed a Type XXI submarine Wilhelm Bauer after him.

















