Français-class submarine

The Français class, also known as the Morse class, consisted of two submarines built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. They were copies of the Morse, except built in steel rather than earlier boat's bronze alloy.

Class overview
Name	Français class
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Farfadet class
Succeeded by	Naïade class
Built	1899–1902
In service	1902–1914
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	147 t (145 long tons) (surfaced) 153 t (151 long tons) (submerged)
Length	36.8 m (120 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Draft	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) (mean)
Installed power	300 CV (220 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 2 × electric motors
Speed	10.1 knots (18.7 km/h; 11.6 mph) (surfaced) 8.3 knots (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) (submerged)
Range	51 nmi (94 km; 59 mi) at 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (surfaced) 78 nmi (144 km; 90 mi) at 4.7 knots (8.7 km/h; 5.4 mph) (submerged)
Complement	13
Armament	1 × internal 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tube 2 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers

Ships

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Français (Q11)	about 1899	29 January 1901	1 June 1902
Algérien (Q12)	3 October 1899	25 April 1901	about 1902