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Yves Paul Gaston Le Prieur (23 March 1885 – 1 June 1963) was an officer of the French Navy and an inventor.
Son of a Navy officer, Yves Paul Gaston Le Prieur following the family tradition in 1902 enters into the École navale (Navy school). After the academy, between 1905 and 1907 he spends a first service in the Far East, on board of some cruisers; and it is there that he discovers “free” scuba diving.
Yves Le Prieur, né le 23 mars 1885 à Lorient ( Morbihan) et mort le 1er juin 1963 à Nice, France 2, 3, est un officier de marine et un inventeur français, pionnier dans l'armement aéronaval (1911-1939), l' aviation (1916-1925), la plongée sous-marine (1925-1954), le cinéma (1928-1931), le cinéma sous-marin (1932-1955).
Yves Le Prieur was bom on March 23,1885 and followed his father into the French navy. As an officer he served in Asia and used traditional deep sea diving equipment. He studied Japanese and became proficient enough to be promoted as the military attache and translator at the French Embassy in Tokyo.
Le Prieur rockets (French Fusées Le Prieur) were a type of incendiary air-to-air rocket used in World War I against observation balloons and airships. They were invented by the French lieutenant Yves Le Prieur and were first used in the Battle of Verdun in May 1916.
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Apr 7, 2016 · Yves Le Prieur was born on March 23, 1885 and followed his father into the French navy. As an officer he served in Asia and was one of the first people to use traditional deep sea diving equipment.