French submarine Amiral Bourgois

Class overview

Name:	Amiral Bourgois
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Mariotte
Succeeded by:	Charles Brun
Built:	1908–14
In commission:	1914–19
Completed:	1
Scrapped:	1
History
France
Name:	Amiral Bourgois
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down:	19 May 1908
Launched:	25 November 1912
Completed:	7 August 1914
Struck:	12 November 1919
Identification:	Pennant number: Q82
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 25 June 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced) 746 t (734 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.52 m (18 ft 1 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	1,400 PS (1,000 kW; 1,400 bhp) (diesels) 1,000 PS (740 kW; 990 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	13.85 knots (25.65 km/h; 15.94 mph) (surfaced) 8.65 knots (16.02 km/h; 9.95 mph) (submerged)
Range:	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 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)
Complement:	25 officers and crewmen
Armament:	3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (2 × bow, 1 × stern) 2 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars

Amiral Bourgois was the only submarine of her class built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

Citations

Bibliography

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 (1998). Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French) 2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-34-3.

External links

Amiral Bourgois on navypedia.org

French naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Henri IV^S Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton

Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet

Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Linois Friant Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S Destrées Jurien de la Gravière^S

Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Aventurier Arabe

Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Oméga Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Fulton Lagrange Armide O'Byrne

Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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