Morse (Q 3)
Morse (Q 3)
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| Ship type : | Submarine |
| Navy : | French Navy |
| Commissioning: | 1899 |
| Whereabouts: | 1909 canceled |
The Morse (Q 3) ( French : walrus ) was a submarine of the French Navy .
The 36.5 m long single hull boat was designed by Gaston Romazotti . The construction combined the positive properties of their immediate predecessors Gymnote (Q 1) and Gustave Zédé (Q 2) . The hull was as with the Gustave Zédé from bronze built to corrosion to prevent. A decisive innovation compared to its predecessors was the introduction of a periscope .
The drive consisted of a lead-acid battery-fed electric motor . Such purely electrically powered submarines were called Sousmarines (submarines) in the French Navy at the time . The name for submarines with a hybrid drive consisting of electric motor (s) and internal combustion engine (s) was Submersibles (diving boats).
In 1896, while the Morse was still being built , the new French Minister of War, Édouard Locroy, announced a competition for a more modern submarine. The goal was a 200 ts displacement boat that could travel 100 nautical miles over water and 10 nautical miles under water. The winner of the competition was the Narval submersible (Q 4) . The much more modern design was completed almost at the same time as the Morse .
The Morse (Q 3) was deleted from the French fleet register in 1909.
See also
Web links
- History of the early submarines at www.uboatnet.de
- 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