French submarine Français

History
France
Name	Français
Ordered	8 April 1899
Laid down	about 1899
Launched	21 January 1901
Commissioned	1 June 1902
Stricken	21 May 1914
Fate	Sold for scrap, 25 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Français-class submarine
Displacement	147 t (145 long tons) (surfaced); 153 t (151 long tons) (submerged);
Length	36.8 m (120 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Draft	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) (mean)
Installed power	300 CV (220 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 2 × electric motors
Speed	10.1 knots (18.7 km/h; 11.6 mph) (surfaced); 8.3 knots (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) (submerged);
Range	51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (surfaced); 78 nmi (144 km; 90 mi) at 4.7 knots (8.7 km/h; 5.4 mph) (submerged);
Complement	13
Armament	1 × internal 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tube; 2 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers;

Français (Q11) was one of two Français-class submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century.

References

Garier, Gérard (n.d.). Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904) [From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)]. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 1. Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-19-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.

Français-class submarines
Algérien
Preceded by: Farfadet class Followed by: Naïade class
List of submarines of the French Navy