Bellone-class submarine

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Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
Class overview
NameBellone
Operators French Navy
Preceded by Amphitrite class
Succeeded byDiane class
Built1913–18
In service1914–35
Completed3
Scrapped3
General characteristics (as built)
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 540 t (531 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 804 t (791 long tons) (submerged)
Length60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement28 crew
Armament

The Bellone class was a group of three submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

Ships[]

Two of these three ships, the Gorgone and the Hermione, served in the Adriatic during World War I. The third ship, the Bellone, operated in the Atlantic during that time.[1] As of 1935, all three ships were in the French Mediterranean Fleet, and during that year were stricken (i.e. removed from the naval register).[1]

Name Builder Laid down Launched Completed Fate
Bellone (Q102) Arsenal de Rochefort 23 April 1913 8 July 1914 12 July 1917 stricken, 29 July 1935
Hermione (Q103) Arsenal de Toulon 14 April 1913 15 March 1917 5 February 1918
Gorgone (Q104) 2 June 1913 23 November 1915 12 October 1916 stricken, 24 July 1935

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Fontenoy, Paul. Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact, p. 87 (ABC-CLIO, 2007).

Bibliography[]

  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
  • Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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