USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS "Nautilus" (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958. Sharing names with Captain Nemo's fictional submarine in Jules Verne's classic 1870 science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and named after another that served with distinction in World War II, the new atomic powered "Nautilus" was authorized in 1951, with laying down for construction in 1952 and launched in January 1954, attended by Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States, wife of 34th President Dwight D.
Jules Verne (train) Jules Verne (train) The Jules Verne was an express train that linked Paris and Nantes in France. Operated by the "Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français" (SNCF), it was the last new Trans Europ Express (TEE) to be introduced, in 1980. The train was named after the French author Jules Verne, who was born in Nantes. It was replaced by a TGV in 1989. The "Jules Verne"s route was via the Paris–Brest railway as far as Le Mans, then via the Le Mans–Angers railway and finally via the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway. The train had the following stops: The train operated