Vendémiaire (Q 59)

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Vendémiaire (Q 59)
Marine national française
Vendémiaire (Q 59)
Ship data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Pluviôse class
Navy : French Navy
Launch : July 7, 1907
Builder : Arsenal de Cherbourg ( Cherbourg )
Whereabouts: Sunk in a collision on June 8, 1912.
Technical specifications
Crew :

24 men

Displacement :
  • over water: 398  t
  • under water: 550 t
Length : 51.1 m
Width: 4.9 m
Draft : 3.0 m
Drive  :
Speed :
  • surfaced: 12  kn (22  km / h )
  • submerged: 8 kn (15 km / h)
Driving range  :
  • surfaced 1500  NM (2800 km) at 9 kn
  • submerged 50 NM (93 km) at 5 kn
Armament
Torpedoes :
  • 1 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 4 external drainage racks
  • up to 8 torpedoes

The Vendémiaire (Q 59) was a Pluviôse class - submarine of the French Navy .

The steam-powered submarine was rammed on June 8, 1912 by the French standard liner Saint-Louis during a naval maneuver in front of the Casquets in the English Channel and was lost with the entire crew.

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