Armide, date unknown
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name | No. 14 |
Builder | Schneider-Creusot shipyards, France |
Laid down | 1912 |
Fate | Requisitioned by the French Navy, 3 June 1915 |
France | |
Name | Armide |
Launched | July 1915 |
Commissioned | June 1916 |
Fate | Stricken and sold for scrap in July 1932. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Complement | 47 |
Armament |
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The French submarine Armide was a diesel-electric attack submarine built for Japanese Navy before and during World War I. It was built in the Schneider-Creusot shipyards between 1912 to 1915, but was requisitioned on 3 June 1915 by the French government before it was launched. Armide operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and was stricken from the Navy list in July 1932.
Design
Measuring 56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) long, with a beam of 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) and a draught of 3 m (9 ft 10 in),[1][2] the submarine had a surfaced displacement of 457 tonnes (450 long tons) and a submerged displacement of 670 tonnes (659 long tons).[1][2] Propulsion while surfaced was provided by two 2,200 hp (1,641 kW) diesel motors built by the Swiss manufacturer Schneider-Carels and two 900 hp (671 kW) electric motors.[2][3] The submarines' electrical propulsion allowed it to attain speeds of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) while submerged and 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) on the surface.[3] Their surfaced range was 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h), with a submerged range of 160 nautical miles (300 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h).[1][3]
The ships were armed with six 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes and a 75 mm (3.0 in) deck gun.[2] The crew of one ship consisted of 31 officers and seamen.[1][3]
Service
Armide was ordered in 1911 by the Imperial Japanese Navy[4] and was designed by Maxime Laubeuf.[2][3] The ship was to receive the number 14 in Japan (第 14 号艦) but was requisitioned by the French government on 3 June 1915.[3]
The Armide was built in the Schneider shipyard in Chalon-sur-Saone, France. The keel was laid down in 1912,[2][5] it was launched in July 1915,[2][6] and was completed in June 1916.[4][6] Armide operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and was stricken from the Navy list in July 1932.[6] Armide was named after Armida, a character in the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered.[7] Armide was given the pennant number of SD2.[2]
References
Citations
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
- Paul E. Fontenoy (2007). Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85109-563-6.
- John Moore (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London.
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