French submarine Amiral Bourgois

Class overview
Name	Amiral Bourgois
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Mariotte
Succeeded by	Charles Brun
Built	1908–14
In commission	1914–19
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
France
Name	Amiral Bourgois
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	19 May 1908
Launched	25 November 1912
Completed	7 August 1914
Stricken	12 November 1919
Identification	Pennant number: Q82
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 June 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced); 746 t (734 long tons) (submerged);
Length	56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.52 m (18 ft 1 in) (deep)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Installed power	1,400 PS (1,000 kW; 1,400 bhp) (diesels); 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	13.85 knots (25.65 km/h; 15.94 mph) (surfaced); 8.65 knots (16.02 km/h; 9.95 mph) (submerged);
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement	25 officers and crewmen
Armament	3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 × bow, 1 × stern) ; 2 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars;

Amiral Bourgois was the only submarine of her class built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

Citations[]

Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
Garier, Gérard (1998). Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-34-3.

hide v t French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton
Coast defense ships	Henri IV^S
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Friant Linois Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S D'Estrées Jurien de la Gravière^S
Light cruisers	La Motte-Picquet^X
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Enseigne Gabolde^S^C M89^X Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Argonaute^S Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Joessel Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview

Name	Amiral Bourgois
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Mariotte
Succeeded by	Charles Brun
Built	1908–14
In commission	1914–19
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
France
Name	Amiral Bourgois
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	19 May 1908
Launched	25 November 1912
Completed	7 August 1914
Stricken	12 November 1919
Identification	Pennant number: Q82
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 June 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced) 746 t (734 long tons) (submerged)
Length	56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.52 m (18 ft 1 in) (deep)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Installed power	1,400 PS (1,000 kW; 1,400 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	13.85 knots (25.65 km/h; 15.94 mph) (surfaced) 8.65 knots (16.02 km/h; 9.95 mph) (submerged)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement	25 officers and crewmen
Armament	3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 × bow, 1 × stern) 2 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars