Korrigan 1903
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Farfadet, 9.1909- Follet | Q007 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1900 | 17.5.1901 | 1902 | stricken 11.1913 | |
Korrigan | Q008 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1900 | 25.1.1902 | 1902 | stricken 6.1906 | |
Gnôme | Q009 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1900 | 24.7.1902 | 1903 | stricken 6.1906 | |
Lutin | Q010 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1900 | 12.2.1903 | 1903 | stricken 9.1907 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
185 / 202 |
Length, m |
41.3 |
Breadth, m |
2.90 |
Draught, m |
2.60 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 electric motor |
Power, h. p. |
183 |
Max speed, kts |
6.1 / 4.3 |
Fuel, t |
battery only |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 115(5.3) / 28(4.3) |
Armament |
4 - 450 TC |
Complement | 16 |
Diving depth operational, m | 30 |
Project history: Single-hull steel submarines designed by M Maugas ordered on 26 September 1899. Initial cost of each boat was £32,000. Electric power supplied from accumulators only.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Farfadet sank accidentally on 5 July 1905 at Bizerta (14 lives lost) and refloated. Commissioned on September 1909 as Follet. Lutin also sank accidentally on 16 October 1906 and refloated.
Korrigan
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