Newton was one of 16 s built for the French Navy during the 1910s. Completed in early 1914, she played a minor role in the First World War when it began later that year. The boat was sold for scrap in 1927.
Design and description The Brumaire class was built as part of the French Navy's 1906 building programSmigielski, p. 210 to a double-hull design by Maxime Laubeuf that were diesel-engined versions of the preceding . The boats displaced surfaced and submerged. She had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of .Roberts, p. 440 Her crew numbered 29 officers and crewmen.
For surface running, the Brumaires were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. The engines were designed to produce a total of , but normally only produced , which was enough to give the boats a speed of . When submerged each shaft was driven by a electric motor. The maximum speed underwater was . They had a surface endurance of at and a submerged endurance of at .
The Brumaire class was armed with one torpedo tube in the bow and 6 external 450 mm torpedo launchers; all of which were positioned on the top of the hull. The two forward ones were fixed outwards at an angle of six degrees. The other launchers were single rotating Drzewiecki drop collars amidships. They could traverse 135 degrees to each side of the boat. One reload was provided for the bow tube. At some point during the war, Newton received a Mle 1897 deck gun.Garier 1998, p. 121
Construction and career Newton was ordered on 29 October 1906 and was laid down on 1 February 1910 at the Arsenal de Rochefort. The boat was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 25 March 1914. When the First World War began a few months later, she was assigned to one of the submarine squadrons of the 2nd Light Squadron () at Cherbourg. Newton was sold for scrap on 15 April 1927.
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