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{{Short description|Brumaire-class submarine}}
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|Ship image=Brumaire_submarine.jpg
|Ship caption=A postcard of ''Brumaire''
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|Ship country=France
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}}
|Ship name=''Brumaire''
|Ship namesake=The month of [[Brumaire]]
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|Ship builder=Arsenal de [[Cherbourg]]
|Ship laid down= 
|Ship launched=29 April 1911
|Ship commissioned=20 March 1912
|Ship fate=Scrapped 1930
|Ship notes=
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Header caption=(as built)
|Ship class={{sclass|Brumaire|submarine}}
|Ship displacement=*{{Convert|397|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
* {{Convert|551|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} (submerged)
|Ship length={{convert|52.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[o/a]])
|Ship beam={{convert|5.42|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|3.19|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*{{convert|840|PS|kW bhp|lk=on|abbr=on}}  (diesels)
* {{convert|660|PS|kW bhp|abbr=on}}  (electric motors)
|Ship propulsion=*2 × shafts; 2 × [[diesel engine]]s
* 2 × [[electric motor]]s
|Ship speed=*{{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} (surfaced)
* {{convert|8.8|kn}} (submerged)
|Ship range=*{{convert|1700|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} (surfaced)
* {{convert|84|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} (submerged)
|Ship test depth={{convert|40|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=2 officers and 27 crewmen
|Ship armament=* 1 × {{convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} bow [[torpedo tube]]
*1 × twin 450&nbsp;mm [[Drzewiecki drop collar]]
*2 × single 450&nbsp;mm Drzewiecki drop collars
*2 × single external 450&nbsp;mm torpedo launchers
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'''French submarine ''Brumaire'' (Q60)''' was a [[Maxime Laubeuf|Laubeuf]] type [[List of submarines of France|submarine]]<ref name=Jane>Jane p199</ref> built for the [[French Navy]] prior to [[World War I]]. She was the [[name ship]] of [[Brumaire-class submarine|her class]].<ref name=Conway>Conway p209-10</ref>

==Design and construction== 
''Brumaire'' was ordered by the French Navy as part of its 1906 programme and was laid down at the [[Arsenal de Cherbourg|Cherbourg Naval Yard]] in October of that year. Work progressed slowly, and she was not launched until 29 April 1911. She was commissioned on 20 March 1912. 
''Brumaire'' was equipped with licence-built [[M.A.N.]] diesel engines for surface propulsion, and electric motors for power while submerged. She carried eight torpedoes, two internally and six externally.<ref name=Conway/>
''Brumaire'' was named for [[Brumaire|a month]] of the [[French Revolutionary calendar]].

==Service history==
''Brumaire'' was in service during the [[First World War]] and saw action throughout on patrol and close blockade duty. 
She remained on active duty at the end of hostilities, when many of her class were de-commissioned. ''Brumaire'' was stricken and disarmed in 1928, and scrapped in 1930.<ref name=Conway/>

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=3–2|year=2002|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-81-5|language=French}}
*{{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=Des ''Émeraude'' (1905-1906) au ''Charles Brun'' (1908–1933)|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=2|year=1998|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-34-3|language=French}}
* Moore, J: ''Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I'' (1919, reprinted 2003) {{ISBN|1 85170 378 0}}

==External links==
* [http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q060.htm ''Brumaire'' at Sous-marins Français 1863 - ] ('''French''')

{{Brumaire class submarines}}

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[[Category:Brumaire-class submarines]]
[[Category:World War I submarines of France]]
[[Category:1911 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in France]]