Brumaire-class submarine

An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
Class overview
NameBrumaire class
Operators French Navy
Preceded byPluviôse class
Succeeded byArchimède
SubclassesJoule
Built1911–13
In commission1911–28
Completed16
Lost3
Scrapped13
General characteristics (as built)
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged)
Length52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels)
  • 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 84 nmi (156 km; 97 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth40 m (130 ft)
Complement2 officers and 27 crewmen
Armament
  • 1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube
  • 1 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar
  • 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars
  • 2 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers

The Brumaire-class submarines were built for the French Navy prior to World War I. There were sixteen vessels in this class,[1] of the Laubeuf type.[2]

All saw action during the First World War, with three boats lost.

  1. ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, pp. 209–10
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).