French submarine Gnome

History
France
Name	Gnome
Ordered	27 September 1899
Laid down	about 1901
Launched	23 July 1901
Commissioned	2 June 1905
Decommissioned	1906
Stricken	3 August 1910
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 March 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Farfadet-class submarine
Displacement	185  t (182 long tons) (surfaced) 202 t (199 long tons) submerged
Length	41.3 m (135 ft 6 in)
Beam	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power	300  PS (300 bhp; 220 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 2 electric motors
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (surfaced) 4.3 knots (8.0 km/h; 4.9 mph) (submerged)
Range	75  nmi (139 km; 86 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced 28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi) at 4.3 knots (8.0 km/h; 4.9 mph) submerged
Complement	14
Armament	4 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers

Gnome (Q9) was one of four Farfadet-class submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century.

Bibliography

• Garier, Gérard (n.d.). Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904)[From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)]. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN   2-909675-19-X.
• Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5267-4533-0.