French submarine Archimède

Class overview
Name: Archimède
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Brumaire class
Succeeded by: Mariotte
Built: 190810
In commission: 191019
Completed: 1
Scrapped: 1
History
France
Name: Archimède
Namesake: Archimedes
Builder: Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down: 2 January 1908
Launched: 4 August 1909
Completed: 22 September 1910
Struck: 12 November 1919
Identification: Pennant number: Q73
Fate: Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
  • 580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 809 t (796 long tons) (submerged)
Length: 60.9 m (199 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.63 m (18 ft 6 in) (deep)
Draft: 4.58 m (15 ft 0 in)
Installed power:
  • 840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels)
  • 610 PS (450 kW; 600 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) (surfaced)
  • 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged)
Range:
  • 2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 99 nmi (183 km; 114 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement: 3 officers and 25 crewmen
Armament:

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

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