French submarine Fresnel (1908)

	Fresnel in Toulon, 1914
History
France
Name	Fresnel
Namesake	Augustin Fresnel
Ordered	26 August 1905
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	1906
Launched	16 June 1908
Commissioned	22 February 1911
Fate	Sunk in action, 5 December 1915
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced); 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged);
Length	51.12 m (167 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	4.96 m (16 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (steam); 2 × du Temple boilers; 460 PS (340 kW; 450 bhp) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced); 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (surfaced); 27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement	2 officers and 23 crewmen
Armament	6 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers (4 × fixed, 2 × Drzewiecki drop collars)

French submarine Fresnel (Q65) one of 18 Pluviôse-class submarines built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the first decade of the 20th century.

History
Fresnel in Toulon, 1914
France
Name	Fresnel
Namesake	Augustin Fresnel
Ordered	26 August 1905
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	1906
Launched	16 June 1908
Commissioned	22 February 1911
Fate	Sunk in action, 5 December 1915
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	404 t (398 long tons) (surfaced) 553 t (544 long tons) (submerged)
Length	51.12 m (167 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	4.96 m (16 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (steam) 2 × du Temple boilers 460 PS (340 kW; 450 bhp) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) (surfaced) 27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement	2 officers and 23 crewmen
Armament	6 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers (4 × fixed, 2 × Drzewiecki drop collars)