![]() Profile and plan views of Y's hull, detailing the torpedo system
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Class overview | |
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Name | Y |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Z |
Succeeded by | Aigrette class |
Built | 1902–1905 |
In service | 1905–1909 |
Completed | 1 |
History | |
Ordered | 12 August 1901 |
Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
Laid down | 22 May 1902 |
Launched | 24 July 1905 |
Commissioned | 25 July 1905 (for trials) |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1909 |
Stricken | 22 April 1909 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 August 1911 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Experimental submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 44.9 m (147 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 2.75 m (9 ft) |
Installed power | 1 × diesel engine (250 hp (186 kW)) |
Propulsion | 1 × variable-pitch propeller |
Speed |
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Complement | 15 men |
Armament |
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The French submarine Y was an experimental submarine built for the French Navy (Marine nationale) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was launched in 1905, but was only commissioned for her sea trials and remained in experimental status because her diesel engine could not be used underwater. A planned refit, which included adding an electric motor and batteries for underwater use in 1907 was cancelled as too expensive. Y was stricken from the navy list in 1909, but was retained for experimental purposes until 1911 when she was sold for scrap.