Morse class

Morse class
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Navy :	French Navy
Builder :	Arsenal de Cherbourg ( Cherbourg )
Units:	2
Boats of the class
Algérien , Français
Technical specifications
Crew :	13 men
Displacement :	surfaced: 147  ts submerged: 160 ts
Speed :	surfaced: 10.1 kn (18.7 km / h ) submerged: 8.3 kn (15.4 km / h)
Armament
Torpedoes :	1 * 450mm bow torpedo tube 2 * 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar

The Morse class was a submarine - class of the French Navy . The two boats, like the Farfadet and Sirène class submarines, were built in response to the Faschoda crisis .

The construction of the two single-hulled boats was funded by a national fundraiser organized by the newspaper Le Matin .

The two submarines were decommissioned shortly before the start of the First World War .

Boats of the class

• Algérien (Q 12)
  • Commissioning: April 25, 1901
  • Decommissioned: May 1914
• Français (Q 11)
  • Commissioned: January 29, 1901
  • Decommissioned: May 1914

See also

• List of French submarine classes

Web links

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

literature

• Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
• Anthony Preston: The history of the submarines , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen, German edition 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7