French submarine Naïade (1902)
Sister ship Thon
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| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Naïade |
| Namesake | The Naiads |
| Ordered | 3 April 1901 |
| Builder | Cherbourg Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down | 16 January 1902 |
| Launched | 22 September 1902 |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1905 |
| Stricken | 21 May 1914 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 March 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Naïade-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | |
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| Test depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Complement | 9 |
| Armament | 2 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedoes in Drzewiecki drop collars |
Naïade was the name ship of her class of 20 submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. She was of the Romazotti type, and remained in service until just prior to the beginning of World War I in 1914.
Design and description
Naïade was ordered by the French Navy under its 1900 building programme. She was designed by Gaston Romazotti, an early French submarine engineer and director of the Cherbourg Naval Dockyard. Naïade was built at Cherbourg, and launched on 20 February 1904. She was single-hulled, with dual propulsion, and constructed of Roma-bronze, a copper alloy of Romazotti's devising. Naïade was named for the Naiads, the water spirits of Greek mythology, and was the latest of a line of French warships of that name.[1]
Construction and career
Naïade entered service in early 1907, and was employed on coastal duties, guarding ports and harbours. She and her sisters were outdated by the next decade and she was stricken in May 1914.[1]
Notes
References
- Garier, Gérard (n.d.). Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904) [From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)]. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-19-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
- Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 190–220. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.