French submarine Vendémiaire (Q59)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Vendémiaire.
 Vendémiaire raising steam on the surface | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Vendémiaire |
| Namesake: | Vendémiaire |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Launched: | 7 July 1907 |
| Fate: | Sunk by collision with Saint Louis, 8 June 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pluviôse-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 398 t (392 long tons), surfaced 550 t (540 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 51.1 m (167 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in), surfaced |
| Installed power: | 2 × du Temple boilers 660 ihp (490 kW) (steam) 450 shp (340 kW) (electric) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × steam engines, surfaced 2 × electric motors, submerged |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph), submerged |
| Range: | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph), surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph), submerged |
| Complement: | 24 |
| Armament: | 1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube 4 × external launching cradles up to 8 torpedoes |
Vendémiaire was a Pluviôse-class submarine built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the late 1900s. She was sunk with all hands when she was rammed by the pre-dreadnought battleship Saint Louis on 8 June 1912 while on maneuvers off the Casquets in the English Channel.
References
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.