French submarine Vendémiaire (Q59)

History
Vendémiaire raising steam on the surface
France
Name:	Vendémiaire
Namesake:	Vendémiaire
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down:	1906
Launched:	7 July 1907
Fate:	Sunk by collision with Saint Louis, 8 June 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Pluviôse-class 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 400 PS (290 kW; 390 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:	1 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) Drzewiecki drop collar 4 × external 450 mm torpedo launchers (2 × facing forward, 2 × aft)

Vendémiaire was a Pluviôse-class submarine built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the late 1900s. She was sunk with all hands when she was rammed by the pre-dreadnought battleship Saint Louis on 8 June 1912 while on maneuvers off the Casquets in the English Channel.