French submarine Vendémiaire
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Vendémiaire.
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| Name: | Vendémiaire |
| Namesake: | Vendémiaire |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down: | 1906 |
| Launched: | 7 July 1907 |
| Fate: | Sunk by collision with Saint Louis, 8 June 1912 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Pluviôse-class submarine |
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| Length: | 51.12 m (167 ft 9 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 4.96 m (16 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) |
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| Complement: | 2 officers and 23 crewmen |
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Vendémiaire was a Pluviôse-class submarine built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the late 1900s. She was sunk with all hands when she was rammed by the pre-dreadnought battleship Saint Louis on 8 June 1912 while on maneuvers off the Casquets in the English Channel.
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Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
- Garier, Gérard (1998). Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-34-3.
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