 A postcard of Amiral Bourgois, before 1918
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Amiral Bourgois |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Mariotte |
| Succeeded by | Charles Brun |
| Built | 1908–1914 |
| In commission | 1914–1919 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
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| Name | Amiral Bourgois |
| Namesake | Admiral Siméon Bourgois |
| Ordered | 31 December 1906 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 19 May 1908 |
| Launched | 25 November 1912 |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Commissioned | 7 August 1914 |
| Stricken | 12 November 1919 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 June 1927 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 5.52 m (18 ft 1 in) (deep) |
| Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
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| Complement | 29 officers and crewmen |
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Amiral Bourgois was one of four experimental submarines ordered for the French Navy in 1906. Each boat was built to a different design and Amiral Bourgois was intended to test a novel powerplant. The experimental diesel engines took over six years to build and greatly delayed the boat's completion until 1913. Although engine problems plagued the submarine throughout her service, she was commissioned shortly after the start of the First World War in 1914, but never made an operational patrol. Amiral Bourgois was under repair when the war ended in 1918, but the work was cancelled shortly afterwards. The boat was struck the following year and offered for sale in 1920. There were no offers and she was used for torpedo testing in 1924–1926. The submarine was sold for scrap in 1927.