French submarine Volta

Volta was one of 16 Brumaire-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
History
France
Name:	Volta
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Launched:	23 September 1911
Completed:	13 December 1912
Stricken:	27 October 1922
Identification:	Pennant number: Q79
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Brumaire-class submarine
Displacement:	397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced) 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft:	3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels) 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced) 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) (submerged)
Range:	1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 84 nmi (156 km; 97 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth:	40 m (130 ft)
Complement:	2 officers and 27 crewmen
Armament:	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube 1 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 2× single external 450 mm torpedo launchers

Citations

Bibliography

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