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X submarine (1905)

X 1905

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
X, 2.1911- Dauphin Q035 Q13 Arsenal de Cherbourg   15.11.1904 1905 stricken 5.1914

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

168 / 179

Length, m

37.0

Breadth, m

3.10

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Panhard et Levassor engines / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

260 / 230

Max speed, kts

8.4 / 6.1

Fuel, t

bensoil

Endurance, nm(kts) 170(8.4) / 60(4.5)

Armament

1 - 450 TT (bow), 3 - 450 TC (2 Drzewiecki, 1 aft ext) (6)

Complement 15
Diving depth operational, m 30

Project history: Single-hull steel submarine, designed by M Romazotti. First submarine with two shafts. Estimated cost was 499,400 francs (£19,976).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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