French submarine Archimède
Archimède was the only submarine of her class built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Archimède |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Brumaire class |
| Succeeded by: | Mariotte |
| Built: | 1908–10 |
| In commission: | 1910–19 |
| 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 |
| Stricken: | 12 November 1919 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: Q73 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Submarine |
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| 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) |
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| Complement: | 3 officers and 25 crewmen |
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Citations
Bibliography
- 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). 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.
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