French submarine Argonaute, musem in paris , france :
Set in the Parc de la Villette, the Argonaute, a real submarine, was disarmed in 1982. Visitors can embark on exploration, with self-guiding headphones and listening to a commentary describing the interior, into the insides of the huge submarine and can walk through the entire lenght of the sub, from the crew station to the torpedo launching housing.
Located just outside the Cite de Sciences, the Argonaut is a former hunter-killer submarine and flagship of a French squadron, now open to the public. In its heyday it traveled 10 times around the world, spent 2,000 days at sea and over 32,000 hours underwater before it was decommissioned in 1982. Visitors can examine the instruments and quarters of this 400-ton beast.
Among its several features are the Explora, where you can pilot an airplane, travel throughout the human body and visit the Ariane rocket; the Argonaute, an attack submarine open to visitors; the planetarium; the Mediterranean aquarium; the Cinaxe, a simulator outfitted with the same equipment used to train airplane pilots, and one of the prominent features of the complex, the Géode, a 36-metre high shiny steel sphere that houses a giant (1,000 square-metre) 3-D hemispherical cinema screen, where you feel involved as though it is reality
The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie also has special departments for children and teenagers, “the Cité des Enfants”, which gives a first access to science to the children, as well as a restaurant, a gift shop and a bookshop.
Video of L'Argonaute :
Viaggio all'interno dell'Argonaute, sottomarino della famigia "Hunter Killer" in esposizione alla Cité des Sciences di Parigi.
Description and practical information French submarine Argonaute :
Launched on 23 October 1958, she served as flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron, and spent over 2,000 days at sea and over 32,000 hours underwater. She was decommissioned on 31 July 1982. After extensive discussions beginning in 1982, in 1989 the Argonaute was transferred from Toulon via Gibraltar to Le Havre, then through the seven locks of the Saint-Denis Canal. Once at the quay on the Canal de l'Ourcq, she was lifted from the water by cranes and transported by trailer to her current site. The Argonaute opened to the public in 1991, outside the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, 30 Avenue Corentin Cariou, in the XIXe arrondissement of Paris. The interior is open daily except Mondays and national holidays; an admission fee is charged.