Amphitrite-class submarine
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Class overview | |
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Name | Amphitrite |
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Preceded by | Gustave Zédé class |
Succeeded by | Bellone class |
Built | 1913–18 |
In service | 1915–35 |
Completed | 8 |
Lost | 1 |
Scrapped | 7 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts |
Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Complement | 27 crew |
Armament |
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The Amphitrite class was a group of eight submarines built for the French Navy just before World War I and completed during the war.
Ships
[edit]Name | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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Amphitrite (Q94) | Arsenal de Rochefort | 9 June 1914 | 6 February 1918 | stricken, 24 July 1935 |
Astrée (Q95) | Arsenal de Rochefort | 6 December 1915 | 11 June 1918 | stricken, 9 November 1928 |
Artémis (Q96) | Arsenal de Toulon | 14 October 1914 | 8 May 1916 | stricken, 5 May 1927 |
Aréthuse (Q97) | Arsenal de Toulon | 20 April 1916 | 10 July 1916 | stricken, 8 March 1927 |
Atalante (Q98) | Arsenal de Toulon | 15 April 1915 | 22 December 1915 | stricken, 9 June 133 |
Amarante (Q99) | Arsenal de Toulon | 11 November 1915 | 14 January 1918 | stricken, 3 February 1925 |
Ariane (Q100) | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 5 September 1914 | 20 April 1916 | sunk, 19 June 1917 |
Andromaque (Q101) | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 13 February 1915 | 22 June 1916 | stricken, 25 October 1926 |
See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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). Vol. 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
- Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.