Gaston Romazzotti
Gaston Romazotti (1855-1915) was a French naval engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century, and an early designer of submarines. Early life Romazotti was born at Molsheim, in Bas-Rhin, in July 1855. After studying at the École Polytechnique and qualified as a marine engineering, marine engineer before starting work at the Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon Naval Yard in southern France. Career At Toulon Romazotti worked with Henri Dupuy de Lôme and Gustave Zédé, both pioneers in submarine design, on the ''French submarine Gymnote (Q1), Gymnote'', one of the world's first all-electric submarines and the first functional submarine to be equipped with torpedoes. In 1897 he was appointed director of the Arsenal de Cherbourg, Cherbourg Naval Yard, where Zédé had been working on ''French submarine Sirène (Q2), Sirène'', completing her after Zédé's death and seeing her renamed ''Gustave Zédé'' in the late engineer's honour. That same year he started work on ''French submarine ...
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Molsheim
Molsheim (; ) is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.Commune de Molsheim (67300)
INSEE The total population in 2017 was 9,312. Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,335 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since. The urban unit of Molsheim had 26,925 inhabitants in 2017, from 16,888 in 1968. Molsheim is part of the functional area (France), metropolitan area of Strasbourg.

Cityscape

The old town of Molsheim is well preserved and contains a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture. The ...
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