French submarine Archimède
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Name | Archimède |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Brumaire class |
Succeeded by | Mariotte |
Built | 1908–10 |
In commission | 1910–19 |
Completed | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
History | |
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Name | Archimède |
Namesake | Archimedes |
Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
Laid down | 2 January 1908 |
Launched | 4 August 1909 |
Completed | 22 September 1910 |
Stricken | 12 November 1919 |
Identification | Pennant number: Q73 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 60.9 m (199 ft 10 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.63 m (18 ft 6 in) (deep) |
Draft | 4.58 m (15 ft 0 in) |
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Complement | 3 officers and 25 crewmen |
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Archimède was the only submarine of her class built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
Citations[]
Bibliography[]
- 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.
Categories:
- World War I submarines of France
- 1909 ships
- Submarine classes