French submarine Brumaire (Q60)

Career (France)
Name: Brumaire
Namesake: The month of Brumaire
Builder: Arsenal de Cherbourg
Launched: 29 April 1911
Commissioned: 20 March 1912
Fate: scrapped 1930
General characteristics [1]
Type:Submarine
Displacement:397 t (391 long tons), surfaced
551 t (542 long tons) submerged
Length:170 ft 11 in (52.10 m)
Beam:17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Draft:10 ft 2 in (3.10 m), surfaced
Propulsion:2 × propeller shafts
2 × license-built MAN 6-cylinder diesel engines, surfaced, 840 bhp (630 kW) total
2 × electric motors, submerged, 660 shp (490 kW) total
Speed:13 knots (15 mph; 24 km/h), surfaced
8.8 knots (10.1 mph; 16.3 km/h), submerged
Range:1,700 nmi (3,100 km) @ 10 knots (19 km/h), surfaced
84 nmi (156 km) @ 5 knots (9.3 km/h), submerged
Complement:29
Armament:1 × 17.7 in (450 mm) bow torpedo tube, up to 8 torpedoes

French submarine Brumaire (Q60) was a Laubeuf type submarine[2] built for the French Navy prior to World War I. She was the name ship of her class.[1]


Design and construction

Brumaire was ordered by the French Navy as part of its 1906 progrmame and was laid down at the Cherbourg Naval Yard in October of that year. Work progressed slowly, and she was not launched until 29 April 1911. She was commissioned on 20 March 1912. Brumaire was equipped with licence-built M.A.N. diesel engines for surface propulsion, and electric motors for power while submerged. She carried eight torpedoes, two internally and six externally.[1] Brumaire was named for a month of the French Revolutionary calendar.

Service history

Brumaire was in service during the First World War and saw action throughout on patrol and close blockade duty. She remained on active duty at the end of hostilities, when many of her class were de-commissioned. Brumaire was stricken and disarmed in 1928, and scrapped in 1930.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Conway p209-10
  2. ↑ Jane p199

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