French submarine Vendémiaire

Vendémiaire raising steam on the surface
History
France
Name: Vendémiaire
Namesake: Vendémiaire
Builder: Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down: 1906
Launched: 7 July 1907
Fate: Sunk by collision with Saint Louis, 8 June 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Class and 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:
  • 1 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) Drzewiecki drop collar
  • 4 × external 450 mm torpedo launchers (2 × facing forward, 2 × aft)

Vendémiaire was a Pluviôse-class submarine built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the late 1900s. She was sunk with all hands when she was rammed by the pre-dreadnought battleship Saint Louis on 8 June 1912 while on maneuvers off the Casquets in the English Channel.

See also

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    Coordinates: 49°44′25″N 2°03′14″W / 49.7402°N 2.0539°W / 49.7402; -2.0539

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