Armide-class submarine

Armide-class submarine

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Class overview
Name	Armide class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Gustave Zédé class
Succeeded by	Amphitrite class
Built	1912 – 1918
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	457 tonnes (450 long tons) (surfaced) 670 tonnes (659 long tons) (submerged)
Length	56.2 m (184 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 2,200 hp (1,641 kW) 2 × electric motors, 900 hp (671 kW)
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) (surfaced) 11 knots (20 km/h) (submerged)
Range	2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) 160 nautical miles (300 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Complement	31
Armament	4 - 6 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 75 mm (3.0 in) OR 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

The Armide-class submarines were a class of three diesel-electric submarines built for the Greek and Japanese Navies before and during World War I. They were built in the Schneider-Creusot shipyards 1913 to 1918, but were seized during the war by the French government before they could be sold. The Armide class ships operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and were stricken from the Navy list between 1928 and 1935.