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PLUVIÔSE submarines (1908 - 1911)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pluviôse Q051 Q17 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 27.5.1907 10.1908 stricken 1919
Ventôse Q052 Q18 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 15.9.1907 1908 stricken 1919
Germinal Q053 Q19 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 7.12.1907 1908 stricken 1919
Floréal Q054 Q20 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 18.4.1908 1909 collision 2.8.1918
Prairial Q055 Q21 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 26.9.1908 1909 collision 29.4.1918
Messidor Q056 Q22 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 24.12.1908 1909 stricken 1919
Thermidor Q057 Q23 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 3.7.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Fructidor Q058 Q24 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 13.11.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Vendémiaire Q059 Q25 Arsenal de Cherbourg 1906 7.7.1907 1908 collision 8.6.1912
Papin Q064   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 4.1.1908 1909 stricken 1919
Fresnel Q065   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 16.6.1908 1909 sunk 5.12.1915
Berthelot Q066   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 19.5.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Monge Q067   Arsenal de Toulon 1906 31.12.1908 1909 sunk 29.12.1915
Ampère Q068   Arsenal de Toulon 1906 30.10.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Gay-Lussac Q069   Arsenal de Toulon 1906 17.3.1910 1.1911 stricken 1919
Watt Q075   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 18.6.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Cugnot Q076   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 14.10.1909 1910 stricken 1919
Giffard Q077   Arsenal de Rochefort 1906 10.2.1910 1910 stricken 1919


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t398 / 550
Length, m

51.1

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 du Temple boilers / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

700 / 450

Max speed, kts

12 / 8

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)1500(9) / 50(5)
Armament

1 - 450 TT (bow), 6 - 450 TC (2 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 x 1 ext cradles fwd, 2 x 1 ext cradles aft, total 8)

Complement24
Diving depth operational, m40


Standard scale images


<i>Messidor </i>1914
Messidor 1914


Graphics


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


Project history

Constructed under the 1905 programme, laid down in 1906 and completed between October 1908 and January 1911. These 18 twin-hulled submarines (named after scientists and the Revolutionary months) were built to a design by Laubeuf. Their steam propulsion prevented them from submerging very quickly although in fact they were good sea boats. Despite their one main drawback the class were almost constantly employed during the war.

Modernizations

1914, Pluviôse, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor, Papin, Fresnel, Berthelot, Ampère, Gay-Lussac, Watt, Cugnot, Giffard: - 1 - 450 TT (bow)

Naval service

Pluviôse was rammed and sunk near Calais by the cross-channel steamer Pas-de-Calais 26 May 1910 when surfacing with the loss all hands. She was refloated and returned to service.

Floréal was sunk 2.8.1918 in a collision with the British armed boarding steamer Hazel off Mudros. Fresnel was torpedoed 5.12.1915 off Durazzo by Austro-Hungarian destroyers and blew up. Monge was sunk 29.12.1915 in the south Adriatic by the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Helgoland. Vendémiaire collided 8.6.1912 with French battleship Saint-Louis. Prairial collided 29.4.1918 off Le Havre with the British SS Tropic.

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