French submarine Narval (Q4)

French submarine Narval in 1900
History
France
Name	Narval
Namesake	The Narwhal
Ordered	1 June 1898
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	23 November 1898
Launched	21 October 1899
Commissioned	26 June 1900
Stricken	1909
Fate	Sold for scrap 2 June 1920
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	unique vessel
Displacement	117 t (115 long tons) (surfaced) 202 t (199 long tons) (submerged)
Length	34 m (111 ft 7 in) (o/a)
Beam	3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
Draft	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Installed power	1 × Adolphe-Seigle steam boiler, 220 ihp/80 shp electric batteries, 8600 volts
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 1 × Brule Triple-expansion steam engine 2 × Hillairet-Huguet electric motors
Speed	9.88 knots (18.30 km/h; 11.37 mph) (surfaced) 5.30 knots (9.82 km/h; 6.10 mph) (submerged)
Range	345 nmi (639 km; 397 mi) at 8.83 knots (16.35 km/h; 10.16 mph) (surfaced) 58 nmi (107 km; 67 mi) at 2.83 knots (5.24 km/h; 3.26 mph) (submerged)
Complement	2 officers and 12 crewmen
Armament	4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedoes in 4 × single Drzewiecki drop collars

French submarine Narval (“Narwhal”) was a pioneering vessel of the French Navy, designed by Maxime Laubeuf and built at the end of the 19th century. She was designed in response to a competition set by the French Admiralty and had several revolutionary features which set the pattern for submarines for the next 50 years.