French submarine Armide

*Armide*
	Armide in 1922 or 1923.
History
Japan
Name	No. 14
Builder	Schneider-Creusot shipyards
Laid down	1912
Fate	Requisitioned by the French Navy, 3 June 1915
France
Name	Armide
Launched	July 1915
Completed	June 1916
Fate	Stricken and sold for scrap in July 1932.
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	457 long tons (464 t) (surfaced); 670 long tons (681 t) (submerged);
Length	56.2 m (184 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 2,200 hp (1,641 kW); 2 × electric motors, 900 hp (671 kW);
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) (surfaced); 11 knots (20 km/h) (submerged);
Range	2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h); 160 nautical miles (300 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged);
Complement	31
Armament	6 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun;

Armide was a submarine ordered by the Japanese Navy from the Schneider-Creusot shipyard before World War I but was requisitioned by the French government before it was launched. Armide operated in the Mediterranean during the course of World War I and was stricken from the Navy list in July 1932.

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