French submarine Amphitrite (1914)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Amphitrite.

The French submarine Amphitrite was the lead boat of the class of eight submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s and completed during World War I.

A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
History
France
Name	Amphitrite
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Launched	9 June 1914
Commissioned	6 February 1918
Stricken	24 July 1935
Identification	Pennant number: Q94
Fate	Sold for scrap,
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Amphitrite-class submarine
Displacement	424 t (417 long tons) (surfaced) 614 t (604 long tons) (submerged)
Length	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 650 PS (480 kW; 640 hp) diesel engines 2 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp) electric motors
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) (surfaced) 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,300 nmi (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement	27 crew
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) external torpedo launchers 6 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 1 × 75 mm (3.0 in) OR 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

See also

• List of submarines of France

Bibliography

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