French submarine Vendémiaire

	Vendémiaire raising steam on the surface
History
France
Name	Vendémiaire
Namesake	Vendémiaire
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	1906
Launched	7 July 1910
Commissioned	4 February 1911
Fate	Sunk in collision 8 June 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced); 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged);
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)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (steam); 2 × du Temple boilers; 460 PS (340 kW; 450 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced); 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (surfaced); 27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement	2 officers and 23 crewmen
Armament	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube (first 6 boats only); 6 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers (4 × fixed, 2 × Drzewiecki drop collars);

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.

History
Vendémiaire raising steam on the surface
France
Name	Vendémiaire
Namesake	Vendémiaire
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	1906
Launched	7 July 1910
Commissioned	4 February 1911
Fate	Sunk in collision 8 June 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced) 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged)
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)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (steam) 2 × du Temple boilers 460 PS (340 kW; 450 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (surfaced) 27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement	2 officers and 23 crewmen
Armament	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube (first 6 boats only) 6 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers (4 × fixed, 2 × Drzewiecki drop collars)