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The pride of the Marine nationale (French navy) in the Fifties, the <b>submarine</b> <I>Argonaute</I> has been right around the world ten times!
In 1989, the 400-tonne craft undertook its last voyage along the Canal de l'Ourcq, and is now a focus of admiration and curiosity for us all in its berth next to the <b>Geode</b>.
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<a href="http://www.cite-sciences.com/english/ala_cite/expo/argonaut/argo_intro.htm"><b>Science Museum – Submarine Argonaute Exhibition</b></a><br>
Close the hatches, raise the periscope, check the radar detector... Come and visit the finest diesel submarine ever built!<br><br>
Come and discover the technological secrets of the Argonaute and share in the daily life of its 40-strong crew !<br>
<a href="http://www.cite-sciences.com/english/ala_cite/expo/argonaut/argo_2.htm"><b>Science Museum – Visit the Argonaute</b></a><br><br>
On 10 October 1989, after 24 years of loyal service in the Toulon submarine squadron, 2,147 days at sea and 32,700 hours underwater, the Argonaute reached its final resting place in the Parc de la Villette, opposite the Cite des Sciences.<br>
<a href="http://www.cite-sciences.com/english/ala_cite/expo/argonaut/argo_1.htm"><b>Science Museum – From Toulon to La Villette: the Argonaute's final voyage</b></a><br><br>
People had dreamt of being able to navigate underwater long before Jules Verne created his famous Nautilus in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Plans for submarines were being devised as early as the the 16th and 17th centuries.<br>
<a href="http://www.cite-sciences.com/english/ala_cite/expo/argonaut/argo_7.htm"><b>Science Museum – The great submarine adventure</b></a><br>
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