S.A. du Temple
Société Anonyme du Temple of Cherbourg
Boilermakers.
1897 Description and drawings of water-tube boilers for the torpedo gunboat HMS Spanker. 'M. du Temple, a retired captain of the French Navy, and Commander of the Legion d'Honneur, took an active part as Brigadier-General in the Army of the Loire in 1870, and afterwards was elected member of the National Assembly. When General du Temple decided to retire from public life, be devoted himself to mechanical problems and aerial navigation. ...' [1]