Brumaire class

Brumaire class

A Brumaire- class boat in Cherbourg

Ship data country  France Ship type Submarine Construction period 1911 to 1913 Launch of the type ship April 29, 1911 Units built 16 period of service 1912 to 1930

Ship dimensions and crew length 51.1 m ( Lüa ) width 5.41 m Draft Max. 3.19 m displacement above water: 397 t under water: 551 t   crew 29 men

Machine system machine 2 diesel motors 2 electric motors Machine performance 840 (diesel) 660 (electr.) Top speed 13.5 over water 8.8 under water kn (Err km / h) propeller 2

Mission data submarine Radius of action 1700 nm above water at 10 kn 84 nm under water at 5 kn nm Diving depth, normal 40 m Top speed submerged 8.8 kn (16 km / h) Top speed surfaced 13.5 kn (25 km / h)

Armament 1 × torpedo tube ⌀ 45 cm (2 torpedoes) 6 × torpedoes in external suspensions

The Brumaire class was a submarine - class of the French Navy in the First World War .

Between 1911 and 1913, 16 two-hulled boats of the class were built. During the World War three units were lost to enemy action: One boat was lost off the Turkish coast, two more in the Adriatic . A boat was captured by the Austrian Navy and used successfully until the end of the war. Most of the boats that survived the war were scrapped in the early 1920s. The last boat in the class was scrapped in 1930.

Boats of the class

• Brumaire (Q 60)
  • Launched : April 29, 1911
  • Location: Scrapped in 1930

• Frimaire (Q 62)
  • Launched: August 26, 1911
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1923

• Nivose (Q 63)
  • Launched: January 6, 1912
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1921

• Foucault (Q 70)
  • Launched: June 15, 1912
  • Whereabouts: sunk on September 15, 1915 off Cattaro by an Austro-Hungarian plane

• Euler (Q 71)
  • Launched: October 12, 1912
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in the 1920s

• Franklin (Q 72)
  • Launched: March 22, 1913
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1922

• Faraday (Q 78)
  • Launched: June 27, 1911
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1921

• Volta (Q 79)
  • Launched: September 23, 1911
  • Location: scrapped in October 1922

• Newton (Q 80)
  • Launched: May 20, 1912
  • Location: scrapped in December 1925

• Montgolfier (Q 81)
  • Launched: April 18, 1912
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1921

• Bernoulli (Q 83)
  • Launched: June 1st, 1911
  • Use: Bernoulli penetrated the port of Cattaro on April 4, 1916 and damaged the stern of the Austro-Hungarian destroyer Csepel . On July 28, 1917, Bernoulli collided with the German submarine U 47 after an unsuccessful torpedo battle on both sides .
  • Whereabouts: ran into a sea ​​mine on February 13, 1918 and sank.

• Joule (Q 84)
  • Launched: September 7, 1911
  • Where: on May 1, 1915, during the Battle of Gallipoli, ran into sea mines and sank

• Coulomb (Q 85)
  • Launched: June 13, 1912
  • Location: Scrapped in 1919

• Arago (Q 86)
  • Launched: June 29, 1912
  • Location: Retired in 1921, scrapped in 1931

• Curie (Q 87)
  • Launched: July 18, 1912
  • Use: Curie sank on December 20, 1914 while attempting to penetrate the Austro-Hungarian naval base Pola . The boat was lifted and put into service by the Austrian Navy as SM  U-14 .
  • Where it remains: returned to France after the end of the war and scrapped in 1923

• Le Verrier (Q 88)
  • Launched: October 31, 1912
  • Whereabouts: scrapped in 1925

See also

• List of French submarine classes

Web links

• French submarines at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk ( Engl. )