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French submarine Priarial

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Name
  
Prairal

Laid down
  
1906

Completed
  
19 June 1909

Builder
  
Arsenal de Cherbourg

Launched
  
26 September 1907

French submarine Priarial

Namesake
  
The third month of Spring in the French Republican Calendar

Prairal was one of 18 Pluviôse-class submarines built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

During World War I, Priarial collided with the British steamerTropic in the English Channel off Le Havre, France, and sank with the loss of nineteen of her 26 crew.

References

French submarine Priarial Wikipedia


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