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...Minerve. To the navy's surprise, the President suggested taking a brief dive himself in one of the doomed submarine's sister ships, the Eurydice. The general's ride, to a depth of 130 feet, was a gallant gesture of confidence in the submarines of the Daphné class, to which the Minerve and the Eurydice belonged...
What went wrong? On the chance that the Eurydice might have collided with one of the four cargo vessels in the vicinity, the navy ordered all four into port for inspection. No evidence of a collision was found. Lending some credence to the theory that the Daphné-class subs might contain a hidden structural fault was the fact that the Eurydice had recently undergone inspection and was found to be in perfect shape. To the French, the question was more than a matter of national pride. The French navy still has nine Daphné subs in service. In addition...
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