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An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
History
France
NameFrimaire
NamesakeThe third month of Autumn in the French Republican Calendar
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Launched26 August 1911
Completed9 October 1913
Stricken10 December 1923
IdentificationPennant number: Q62
FateScrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeBrumaire-class submarine
Displacement
  • 397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged)
Length52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels)
  • 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 84 nmi (156 km; 97 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth40 m (130 ft)
Complement2 officers and 27 crewmen
Armament
  • 1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube
  • 1 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar
  • 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars
  • 2× single external 450 mm torpedo launchers

Frimaire was one of 16 Brumaire-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

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