- Design and construction
- Service history
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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| 51.12|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a) | 4.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 3.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 700|PS|kW bhp|lk=on|abbr=on}} (steam)- 2 × Du Temple boiler
- {{convert|400|PS|kW bhp|abbr=on}} (electric motors)
| Ship propulsion=*2 × shafts; 2 × Triple-expansion steam enginess | 12|kn|lk=in}} (surfaced)- {{convert|8|kn}} (submerged)
| 1000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8.5|kn}} (surfaced)- {{convert|27|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} (submerged)
| Ship test depth= | Ship complement=2 officers and 23 crewmen | 450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} bow torpedo tube- 1 × twin 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collar
- 4 × external 450 mm torpedo launchers (2 × facing forward, 2 × aft)
}} | French submarine Pluviôse (Q51) was a Laubeuf type submarine[1] built for the French Navy prior to World War I. She was the name ship of her class.[2]Design and constructionPluviôse was ordered by the French Navy as part of its 1905 programme and was laid down at the Cherbourg Naval Yard in November of that year. She was launched on 27 May 1907 and commissioned 10 May 1908. Pluviôse was equipped with Du Temple boilers and reciprocating steam engines for surface propulsion, and CGE Nancy electric motors for power while submerged. She carried eight torpedoes, two internally and six externally.[2]Pluviôse was named for a month of the French Revolutionary calendar. Service historyOn the afternoon of 26 May 1910 Pluviôse was cruising off Calais when she was involved in a collision with the packet boat Pas de Calais. Pluviôse sank with the loss of all hands, 27 men. The vessel was later raised and repaired, though she was not returned to front-line service, being disarmed and used for compression tests. Her captain at the time of the accident Maurice Callot, was later honoured by having a submarine named after him. Pluviôse was stricken in 1919 and sold for scrap in 1925. Notes1. ^Jane p199
2. ^1 Conway p209
Bibliography- {{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=3–2|year=2002|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-81-5|language=French}}
- {{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933)|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=2|year=1998|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-34-3|language=French}}
- Moore, J: Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I (1919, reprinted 2003) {{ISBN|1 85170 378 0}}
External links- Pluviôse at Sous-marins Français 1863 - (French)
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