French submarine Armide

Armide was a submarine ordered by the Japanese Navy from the Schneider-Creusot shipyard before World War I but was requisitioned by the French government before it was launched. Armide operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and was stricken from the Navy list in July 1932.

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

Armide
Armide in 1922 or 1923.
History
Japan
Name: No. 14
Builder: Schneider-Creusot shipyards, France
Laid down: 1912
Fate: Requisitioned by the French Navy, 3 June 1915
France
Name: Armide
Launched: July 1915
Completed: June 1916
Fate: Stricken and sold for scrap in July 1932.
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
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:

Design

Armide had a surfaced displacement of 457 long tons (464 t) and a submerged displacement of 670 long tons (681 t). Her dimensions were 56.2 m (184 ft 5 in) long, with a beam of 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) and a draught of 3 m (9 ft 10 in). Propulsion while surfaced was provided by two diesel motors built by the Swiss manufacturer Schneider-Carels producing in total 2,200 bhp (1,641 kW) and for submerged running two electric motors producing in total 900 hp (671 kW). Her maximum speed was 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) on the surface and 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) while submerged with a surfaced range of 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) and a submerged range of 160 nautical miles (300 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h).[1][2][3]

Armide was armed with six 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes and a 47 mm (1.9 in) L/50 M1902 Hotchkiss deck gun.[2] The crew of the submarine consisted of 31 officers and seamen.[1][3]

Service
Armide

Armide was ordered in 1911 by the Imperial Japanese Navy[4] and was designed by Maxime Laubeuf.[2][3] The ship was to receive the number 14 in Japan (第 14 号艦) but it was requisitioned by the French government on 3 June 1915,[3] after which the Japanese themselves built a replacement No 14 to the same design, ordering the diesel engines from France.[4][5]

The Armide was built in the Schneider shipyard in Chalon-sur-Saone, France. The keel was laid down in 1912,[2][6] it was launched in July 1915,[2][7] and was completed in June 1916.[4][7]

Armide operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and was stricken from the Navy list in July 1932.[7] Armide was given the pennant number of SD 2.[2]

References
  1. Couhat, p. 160
  2. Gardiner, p. 212
  3. Fontenoy, p. 86
  4. "S1 type submarines (14-go (HA9), 1917–1920) – Imperial Japanese Navy (Japan)". Navypedia. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. Gardiner, p. 247
  6. Jane, p. 198
  7. Couhat, p. 162

Citations
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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 978-0-85177-245-5.
  • Fontenoy, Paul E. (2007). Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85109-563-6.
  • John Moore (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London.
  • Perepeczko, Andrzej (2014). Od Napoleona do de Gaulle’a. Flota francuska w latach 1789–1942. Oświęcim. ISBN 978-83-7889-372-1.
  • Lipiński, Jerzy (1999). Druga wojna światowa na morzu. Warsaw. ISBN 83-902554-7-2.
  • J. Gozdawa-Gołębiowski; T. Wywerka Prekurat (1994). Pierwsza wojna światowa na morzu. Warszawa.
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