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Curie after war Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Brumaire	Q060	Q26	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1906	29.4.1911	1913	stricken 1930
Frimaire	Q062	Q27	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1906	26.8.1911	1913	stricken 1923
Nivôse	Q063	Q28	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1906	6.1.1912	1913	stricken 1921
Foucault	Q070	Q31	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1907	15.6.1912	1914	sunk 15.9.1915
Euler	Q071	Q32	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1907	12.10.1912	1914	stricken 1923
Franklin	Q072	Q33	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1907	22.3.1913	1914	stricken 1922
Faraday	Q078		Arsenal de Rochefort	1906	27.6.1911	1913	stricken 1921
Volta	Q079		Arsenal de Rochefort	1906	23.9.1911	1913	stricken 10.1922
Newton	Q080		Arsenal de Rochefort	1907	20.5.1912	1914	stricken 12.1925
Montgolfier	Q081		Arsenal de Rochefort	1907	18.4.1912	1914	stricken 1921
Bernoulli	Q083		Arsenal de Toulon	1906	1.6.1911	1913	sunk 13.2.1918
Joule	Q084		Arsenal de Toulon	1906	7.9.1911	1913	sunk 1.5.1915
Coulomb	Q085		Arsenal de Toulon	1907	13.6.1912	1914	stricken 1919
Arago	Q086		Arsenal de Toulon	1907	29.6.1912	1914	stricken 1921
Curie	Q087		Arsenal de Toulon	1907	18.7.1912	1914	captured by Austria-Hungary 20.12.1914 (U14), returned 7.1919, stricken 3.1928
Le Verrier	Q088		Arsenal de Toulon	1907	31.10.1912	1914	stricken 1925

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	Curie as returned after Austria-Hungarian Navy
Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	397 / 551	425 / 554
Length, m	52.1	52.1
Breadth, m	5.14	5.14
Draught, m	3.10	3.10
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 MAN-type diesels / 2 electric motors	2 Grazer diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	840 / 660	900 / 560
Max speed, kts	13 / 8.8	13.5 / 7
Fuel, t	diesel oil	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1700(10) / 84(5)	2300(10) / 150(2)
Armament	7 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 ext abeam CT, 8)	1 x 1 - 88/27 Ubts L/30, 7 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 ext abeam CT, 2 ext aft, 8)
Complement	29	29
Diving depth operational, m	40	40

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Project history

Provided under the 1906 programme. Double-hull submersibles designed by Laubeuf - they were a diesel-powered version of Pluviôse class. MAN type diesels produced by A C Loire, Sautter-Harlé, Normand, Indret and Sabathé.

It was planned in 1917 to convert six boats of the Brumaire class into minelaying submarines but the project was abandoned.

Modernizations

1916, Arago, Faraday, Le Verrier and others: + 1 x 1 - 47/50 M1902 or 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897

7/1919, Curie was returned as given in the table

Naval service

Bernouilli was lost on Austrian mine 13.2.1918. Foucault was sunk by Austro-Hungarian aircraft off Cattaro 15.9.1915. Joule was mined in the Dardanelless 1.5.1915 on Turkish mine. Curie 20.12.1914 at attempt to get into harbour of Pola entangled in anti-submarine nets and was scuttled by crew. Later Austrians salvaged her and commissioned as U14; after war submarine was returned to France and received former name.  

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.