French submarine Germinal

A postcard of sister ship Monge underway before 1915
History
France
Name: Germinal
Namesake: The first month of Spring in the French Republican Calendar
Builder: Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down: 1906
Launched: 23 August 1907
Completed: 30 December 1908
Struck: 1 December 1919
Identification: Pennant number: Q53
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type: Pluviôse-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged)
Length: 51.12 m (167 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam: 4.96 m (16 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged)
Range:
  • 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (surfaced)
  • 27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement: 2 officers and 23 crewmen
Armament:

Germinal was one of 18 Pluviôse-class submarines built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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