Brumaire-class submarine

	An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
Class overview
Name	Brumaire class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Pluviôse class
Succeeded by	Archimède
Subclasses	Joule
Built	1911–13
In commission	1911–28
Completed	16
Lost	3
Scrapped	13
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced); 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged);
Length	52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels); 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
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 depth	40 m (130 ft)
Complement	2 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;

The Brumaire-class submarines were built for the French Navy prior to World War I. There were sixteen vessels in this class,^[1] of the Laubeuf type.^[2]

All saw action during the First World War, with three boats lost.

^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, pp. 209–10
^ Cite error: The named reference Jane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Con-209-1] Gardiner & Gray 1985, pp. 209–10

[Jane-2] Cite error: The named reference Jane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Class overview
An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
Name	Brumaire class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Pluviôse class
Succeeded by	Archimède
Subclasses	Joule
Built	1911–13
In commission	1911–28
Completed	16
Lost	3
Scrapped	13
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced) 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged)
Length	52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels) 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
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 depth	40 m (130 ft)
Complement	2 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