French submarine Archimède

Class overview
Name:	Archimède
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Brumaire class
Succeeded by:	Mariotte
Built:	1908–10
In commission:	1910–19
Completed:	1
Scrapped:	1
History
France
Name:	Archimède
Namesake:	Archimedes
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down:	2 January 1908
Launched:	4 August 1909
Completed:	22 September 1910
Struck:	12 November 1919
Identification:	Pennant number: Q73
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced); 809 t (796 long tons) (submerged);
Length:	60.9 m (199 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.63 m (18 ft 6 in) (deep)
Draft:	4.58 m (15 ft 0 in)
Installed power:	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels); 610 PS (450 kW; 600 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed:	14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) (surfaced); 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged);
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 99 nmi (183 km; 114 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement:	3 officers and 25 crewmen
Armament:	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube; 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars; 4 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers;

Archimède was the only submarine of her class built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

Citations

v t e French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Henri IV^S Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Linois Friant Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S Destrées Jurien de la Gravière^S
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Oméga Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire *Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde* Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Fulton Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview

Name:	Archimède
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Brumaire class
Succeeded by:	Mariotte
Built:	1908–10
In commission:	1910–19
Completed:	1
Scrapped:	1
History
France
Name:	Archimède
Namesake:	Archimedes
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down:	2 January 1908
Launched:	4 August 1909
Completed:	22 September 1910
Struck:	12 November 1919
Identification:	Pennant number: Q73
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced) 809 t (796 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	60.9 m (199 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.63 m (18 ft 6 in) (deep)
Draft:	4.58 m (15 ft 0 in)
Installed power:	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels) 610 PS (450 kW; 600 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) (surfaced) 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged)
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 99 nmi (183 km; 114 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement:	3 officers and 25 crewmen
Armament:	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 4 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers