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French submarine Vendémiaire

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Name
  
Vendémiaire

Laid down
  
1906

Launched
  
7 July 1907

Beam
  
4.97 m

Namesake
  
Vendémiaire

Construction started
  
1906

Length
  
51 m

Builder
  
Cherbourg Naval Base

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Fate
  
Sunk by collision with Saint Louis, 8 June 1912

Class and type
  
Pluviôse-class submarine

Displacement
  
404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced) 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged)

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.

References

French submarine Vendémiaire Wikipedia