Aigrette-class submarine
{{Short description|French navy submarine class of the early 20th century}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Sous-marin_Aigrette.jpg |Ship caption=Aigrette, date unknown}} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= Aigrette class |Builders= |Operators=*{{Navy|France}} |Class before=Naïade class |Class after=Émeraude class |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1903 - 1905 |In service range= 1905 - 1919 |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=13 |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled=11 |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired=2 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Submarine |Ship displacement=*{{Convert|178|LT|t|0|lk=on}} (surfaced)
|Ship length= {{Convert|35.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{Convert|4.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{Convert|2.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*1 × diesel engine, {{Convert|150|hp|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=*{{Convert|9.3|kn|km/h|lk=in}} (surfaced)
|Ship range=*{{convert|1300|nmi|km}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h}}
|Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship complement=14 men |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=* 2 × {{Convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Drzewiecki drop collar torpedo launchers
|Ship armour= |Ship notes= }} |
The Aigrette-class submarines were a class of two submarines built for the French Navy between 1903 and 1905. They were essentially experimental submarines, and although in service during World War I, saw no action. The class was designed by Maxime Laubeuf and used Drzewiecki drop collar launchers and external cradles to launch torpedoes.
Design
The submarines had a surfaced displacement of {{Convert|178|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=off}} and a submerged displacement of {{Convert|253|LT|t|0|lk=off}}. The dimensions were {{Convert|35.9|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=off}} long, with a beam of {{Convert|4.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{Convert|2.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. They had a single shaft powered by one diesel engine for surface running of {{Convert|150|hp|0|abbr=on}} and an electric motor which produced {{Convert|130|hp||lk=on|abbr=off}} for submerged propulsion. The maximum speed was {{Convert|9.3|kn||lk=on|abbr=off}} on the surface and {{Convert|6.2|kn||}} while submerged with a surfaced range of {{convert|1300|nmi||lk=on|abbr=off}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h}} and a submerged range of {{convert|65|nmi|km}} at {{convert|3.8|kn|km/h}}. Their complement was 14 men.Smigielski, p. 208Fontenoy, p. 79{{cite web|url=http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q038.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223832/http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q038.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2013|title=Q 038|date=29 October 2013}}
Their armament comprised two {{Convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Drzewiecki drop collar torpedo launchers and two {{Convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} external cradles.
Ships
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| colspan=5 align=center | Aigrette-class submarines |
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| scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Laid down ! scope="col" | Launched ! scope="col" | Commissioned ! scope="col" | Fate |
| scope="row" |{{ship|French submarine|Aigrette|1904|2}}
| 13 May 1902 | 23 February 1904 | 1905 |
| scope="row" |{{ship|French submarine|Cigogne|1904|2}}
| 13 May 1902 | 8 November 1904 | 18 July 1906 |Disarmed and sold for scrap on 14 April 1920 at Toulon{{cite web|url=http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q039.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100633/http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q039.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Q 039|date=4 March 2016}} |
See also
References
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Citations
- {{cite book|last=Fontenoy |first= Paul E.|title=Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact|publisher= ABC-CLIO Publishing |date=2007|isbn=978-1-85109-563-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=1: Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904)|date=n.d.|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France| trans-title=The Technical and Human Odyssey of the Submarine in France: From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)|isbn=2-909675-19-X|language=French}}
- {{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Stephen S.|title=French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|year=2021|location=Barnsley, UK|publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-5267-4533-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Smigielski|first=Adam|chapter=France|pages=190–220|editor1-last=Gray|editor1-first=Randal |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985 |location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-907-3}}
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