French submarine Amphitrite

History
A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
France
Name:	Amphitrite
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Launched:	9 June 1914
Commissioned:	6 February 1918
Struck:	24 July 1935
Identification:	Pennant number: Q94
Fate:	Sold for scrap,
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Amphitrite-class submarine
Displacement:	424 t (417 long tons) (surfaced) 614 t (604 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	2 650 PS (480 kW; 640 hp) diesel engines 2 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) (surfaced) 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range:	1,300 nmi (2,400 km; 1,500 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)
Test depth:	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement:	27 crew
Armament:	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) external torpedo launchers 6 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 1 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

The French submarine Amphitrite was the lead boat of the class of eight submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s and completed during World War I.

Notes

Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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 (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

Amphitrite-class submarine
Amphitrite Astrée Artémis Aréthuse Atalante Amarante Ariane Andromaque
Preceded by: Gustave Zédé class Followed by: Bellone class List of submarine classes of the French Navy

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