French submarine Le Verrier

An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg
History
France
NameLe Verrier
Ordered29 October 1906
BuilderArsenal de Toulon
Laid down4 August 1909
Launched31 October 1912
Completed30 October 1913
Stricken3 February 1925
IdentificationBudget number: Q88
FateSold for Sold for scrap, 25 June 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeBrumaire-class submarine
Displacement
  • 397 t (391 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 551 t (542 long tons) (submerged)
Length52.15 m (171 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam5.42 m (17 ft 9 in)
Draft3.19 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 725 PS (533 kW; 715 bhp) (diesels)
  • 660 PS (490 kW; 650 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) (surfaced)
  • 84 nmi (156 km; 97 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement2 officers and 27 crewmen
Armament

Le Verrier was one of 16 Brumaire-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s. Completed in 1913, the boat was assigned to the 2nd Submarine Squadron in Bizerte, French Tunisia, when the First World War began in August 1914.