Farfadet class
Farfadet class
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| Ship type : | Submarine | |
| Navy : | French Navy | |
| Builder : | Arsenal de Rochefort ( Rochefort ) | |
| Units: | 4th | |
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| Crew : | 16 men | |
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| Torpedoes : | 4 * 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar | |
The Farfadet class was a submarine - class of the French Navy . As a result of the Faschoda crisis , the French submarine fleet was expanded around 1900. At the same time as the four Farfadet-class submarines, the Sirène- and Morse-class submarines were built.
Surname
Farfadet is a specific type of leprechaun in French fairy tales and folk stories. Accordingly, the boats of this class were named after other types of goblins, e.g. B. Lutin .
Details
The building contract was awarded on September 26, 1899. The single hull boats designed by M. Maugas were built in Rochefort between 1899 and 1903 .
The Farfadet class was not a successful design and was withdrawn from active service very quickly.
The Farfadet sank at Bizerta on July 5, 1905 . 14 French seamen were killed in the accident. With British help, the boat was lifted and put back into service in September 1909 under the name Follet . The Lutin sank on October 16, 1906, was also lifted again, but was taken out of service shortly afterwards.
Boats of the class
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Farfadet (Q 7)
- Commissioning: May 15, 1901
- Decommissioned: November 1913
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Gnome (Q 9)
- Commissioned: July 24, 1902
- Decommissioned: June 1906
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Korrigan (Q 8)
- Commissioning: January 25, 1902
- Decommissioned: June 1906
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Lutin (Q 10)
- Commissioning: February 12, 1903
- Decommissioned: September 1907
See also
- Commons : Farfadet class - album containing pictures, videos and audio files
- List of French submarine classes
