NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Archimède	Q073	Q29	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1/1908	4.8.1909	9/1911	stricken 11.1919

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	598 / 811
Length, m	60.5
Breadth, m	5.60
Draught, m	4.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1700 / 1230
Max speed, kts	14.9 / 11
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1160(10) / 100(4.5)
Armament	7 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 ext abeam CT, 8)
Complement	26
Diving depth operational, m	40

Standard scale images

Project history

Authorised under the 1906 programme and designed by M Hutter. She was essentially an improved version of Pluviôse class having superior machinery. Twin-hull type, fitted with three horizontal and one vertical rudder. She attained 15.2kts on the surface.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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