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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

Z submarine (1905)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Z Q036   Arsenal de Rochefort   28.3.1904 1905 stricken 3.1910

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

202 / 222

Length, m

41.3

Breadth, m

3.00

Draught, m

2.80

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel / 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

190 /

Max speed, kts

9 / 7.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(5) / 45(4)

Armament

2 - 450 TT (bow)

Complement 16
Diving depth operational, m 30

Project history: Single-hulled steel submarine, designed by Maugas. Improved Farfadet class; first French submarine with diesel engine. Diving time 4min 55 sec. Her estimated building cost was 779,300 francs (£31,172).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Disarmed from 1909.

Z 1905

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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