French submarine Archimède (1909)

	A postcard of Archimède in Brest, 1910
Class overview
Name	Archimède
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Brumaire class
Succeeded by	Mariotte
Built	1908–1910
In service	1911–1919
In commission	1910–1919
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
France
Name	Archimède
Namesake	Archimedes
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	2 January 1908
Launched	4 August 1909
Commissioned	22 September 1910
In service	September 1911
Stricken	12 November 1919
Fate	Sold for scrap, 4 October 1921
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	580 t (571 long tons) (surfaced); 809 t (796 long tons) (submerged);
Length	60.9 m (199 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.63 m (18 ft 6 in) (deep)
Draft	4.51 m (14 ft 10 in)
Installed power	840 PS (620 kW; 830 bhp) (diesels); 610 PS (450 kW; 600 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) (surfaced); 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged);
Range	2,910 nmi (5,390 km; 3,350 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 160 nmi (300 km; 180 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) (submerged);
Complement	3 officers and 25 crewmen
Armament	1 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tube; 2 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars; 4 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers;

Archimède was one of four experimental submarines ordered for the French Navy in 1906. Each boat was built to a different design and Archimède was optimized to maximize speed and range.

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