French submarine Volta
An unidentified Brumaire-class submarine in Cherbourg | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Volta |
| Ordered | 29 October 1906 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 21 July 1909 |
| Launched | 23 September 1911 |
| Completed | 13 December 1912 |
| Stricken | 27 October 1922 |
| Identification | Budget number: Q79 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 March 1923 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Brumaire-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| 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) |
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| Complement | 2 officers and 27 crewmen |
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Volta was one of 16 Brumaire-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s. Completed in 1912, the submarine was assigned to the 2nd Submarine Squadron based at Cherbourg when the First World War began in August 1914.