Isaac Peral [SEP] place of death
Isaac Peral
Isaac Peral y Caballero (Cartagena, 1 June 1851 – 22 May 1895, Berlin), was a Spanish engineer, naval officer and designer of the Peral Submarine. He joined the Spanish navy in 1866, and developed the first electric-powered submarine which was launched in 1888, but it was not accepted by the naval authorities. He then left the navy to develop other inventions commercially.
Early life.
Isaac Peral was the son of Juan Manuel Peral and Isabel Caballero. He had two siblings
) shown in the nearby Naval Museum of Cartagena.
Submarines with Peral's name in the Spanish Navy.
Peral's submarine torpedo boat is also known as the Peral Submarine, but never bore this name in service.
Submarines in service that have received his name are:
- Isaac Peral (A-0)
- Isaac Peral (C-1)
- Isaac Peral (S-32) ex-USS "Ronquil" (SS-396)
- Isaac Peral (S-81), S-80 class submarine, Under construction at Cartagena