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MORSE submarine (1900)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Morse Q003 Q1 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1897 4.7.1899 1900 stricken 11.1909


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t143 / 149
Length, m

36.5

Breadth, m

2.70

Draught, m

2.80

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

284

Max speed, kts

7.3 / 5.5

Fuel, t

battery only

Endurance, nm(kts)90(4.3) /
Armament

1 - 450 TT (bow, 3)

Complement13
Diving depth operational, m30


Standard scale images


<i>Morse</i> 1900
Morse 1900


Graphics


<i>Morse</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Morse Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Single-hull Roma-bronze submarine designed by M Romazotti to combine the best points of Gymnôte and Gustave Zédé. She carried a detachable lead keel. Her initial building cost was £25,920 (648,000 francs). This design was overtaken by Narval.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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