Warehouse 13 Artifact Database Wiki
Warehouse 13 Artifact Database Wiki
Simeon Bourgeois' Torpedo Shell
Torpedo Shell on display before Agents made the switch

Origin

Simeon Bourgeois

Type

Torpedo Shell

Effects

Allows attached items to survive extreme depths.

Downsides

If not maintained surrounding area can drop in barometric pressure

Activation

Attaching then submerging in water

Section

Neptune-45R

Aisle

263-569

Shelf

36552-157-500

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Origin[]

Simeon Bourgeois (1815 - 1887) was a 19th-century French Navy vice-admiral who was involved in the development of early submarines. When he was captain he presented the project for the submarine Plongeur with Charles Brun. In 1860 the Plongeur would be the first submarine to be propelled by mechanical (by opposition to human) power. Later in his life, from 1870 to 1872, while Bourgeois was Commander of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa when he launched the first program to develop torpedo boats in the French Navy.

Effects[]

When submerged underwater or attached to a submarine, it allows anything attached to it to survive extreme depths. If the shells aren't polished every two months, the surrounding area can drop in barometric pressure making it feel like the bottom of the sea floor.