French submarine Morse (Q3)
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 Morse, c. 1909 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Morse |
| Namesake | Walrus |
| Ordered | 19 June 1897 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 22 February 1898 |
| Launched | 4 July 1899 |
| Commissioned | 3 March 1900 |
| Stricken | 9 March 1910 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 July 1911 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 36.5 m (119 ft 9 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 2.75 m (9 ft) |
| Draft | 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in) (mean) |
| Installed power | 300 PS (300 bhp; 220 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × shaft; 2 × electric motors |
| Speed |
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| Range | 90 nmi (170 km; 100 mi) at 4.3 knots (8.0 km/h; 4.9 mph) (surfaced) |
| Test depth | 30m |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament |
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The French submarine Morse (“Walrus”) was an early submersible built for the French Navy at the end of the 19th century. She was designed by French naval engineer Gaston Romazotti and remained in service until 1909, when she was superseded by more advanced designs.
Morse was designed by French naval engineer Gaston Romazotti, who was chief engineer at the Arsenal de Cherbourg and an early submarine pioneer, having worked with Gustave Zédé on both Gymnote and Sirene (later renamed for Zédé after his death). Morse was designed to combine the best features of both vessels. Morse was laid down at Cherbourg in June 1897 and launched two years later in July 1899. She was of single-hulled construction, and built of Roma-bronze, a copper alloy of Romazotti's devising, which was intended to be more flexible than an all-steel hull, and which would interfere less with the vessel's magnetic compass. Morse was powered by a 284cv electric motor, which gave her a range of 90 nautical miles on the surface at an average speed of 4.3 knots.[1]
Plan
- Key
- a. screw propeller
- b. vertical rudder
- c. accumulators
- d. ballast tank
- e. trim weights
- f. compressed air
- g. torpedo
- h. torpedo tube