French submarine Farfadet

The submarine Farfadet, c. 1905
History
France
NameFarfadet
Ordered27 September 1899
Launched17 May 1901
RenamedFollet, 17 December 1908
Stricken22 November 1913
Fate
  • Sunk, 5 July 1905 and refloated
  • Scrapped after 1924
General characteristics
Class & typeFarfadet-class submarine
Displacement
  • 185 t (182 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 202 t (199 long tons) (submerged)
Length41.3 m (135 ft 6 in)
Beam2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Draught2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power300 PS (300 bhp; 220 kW)
Propulsion1 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)
Complement14
Armament4 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers

Farfadet (Q7) was the lead ship of her class of four single-hulled submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Farfadet accidentally sank in July 1905 at Bizerte with the loss of 14 men of her crew; two men survived. She was later refloated and recommissioned as the Follet. She was stricken in November 1913.