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Royal Netherlands Navy had been experimenting as early as 1938 with a simple pipe system on the submarines ''O-19'' and ''O-20'' that enabled diesel propulsion at periscope depth, while also charging the batteries. The system was designed by the Dutchman Jan Jacob Wichers. The Dutch O-21 class were equipped with such a device named a snuiver

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