Gustave Zédé-class submarine

	A Gustave Zédé-class submarine in the background behind the ex-German SMS U-139 in French service as Halbronn, Brest, France, February 1919
Class overview
Name	Gustave Zédé
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Clorinde class
Succeeded by	Amphitrite class
Built	1911–16
In commission	1914–37
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	820–849 t (807–836 long tons) (surfaced); 1,047–1,098 t (1,030–1,081 long tons) (submerged);
Length	74 m (242 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in) (deep)
Draft	3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Installed power	1,640 PS (1,210 kW; 1,620 bhp) (electric motors) ; 3,500 PS (2,600 kW; 3,500 bhp) (Du Temple boilers) or; 2,400 PS (1,800 kW; 2,400 bhp) (diesels);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × electric motors; 2 × Diesel engines or; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced); 10–11 knots (19–20 km/h; 12–13 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,400–3,120 nmi (2,590–5,780 km; 1,610–3,590 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 90–135 nmi (167–250 km; 104–155 mi) at 4–5 knots (7.4–9.3 km/h; 4.6–5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement	47 officers and crewmen
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes; 3 × twin external 450 mm torpedo launchers; 1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun; 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) gun;

The Gustave Zédé class was a pair of submarines built for the French Navy just before World War I.

Ships
Ship	Launched	Completed
Gustave Zédé (Q92)	20 May 1913	10 October 1914
Néréide (Q93)	9 May 1914	31 October 1916

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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Gustave Zédé Néréide
Preceded by: Clorinde class Followed by: Amphitrite class
List of submarine classes of the French Navy

show v t French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton
Coast defense ships	Henri IV^S
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Friant Linois Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S D'Estrées Jurien de la Gravière^S
Light cruisers	La Motte-Picquet^X
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Enseigne Gabolde^S^C M89^X Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Argonaute^S Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Joessel Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview
A Gustave Zédé-class submarine in the background behind the ex-German SMS U-139 in French service as Halbronn, Brest, France, February 1919
Name	Gustave Zédé
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Clorinde class
Succeeded by	Amphitrite class
Built	1911–16
In commission	1914–37
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	820–849 t (807–836 long tons) (surfaced) 1,047–1,098 t (1,030–1,081 long tons) (submerged)
Length	74 m (242 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in) (deep)
Draft	3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Installed power	1,640 PS (1,210 kW; 1,620 bhp) (electric motors) 3,500 PS (2,600 kW; 3,500 bhp) (Du Temple boilers) or 2,400 PS (1,800 kW; 2,400 bhp) (diesels)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × electric motors 2 × Diesel engines or 2 × triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced) 10–11 knots (19–20 km/h; 12–13 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,400–3,120 nmi (2,590–5,780 km; 1,610–3,590 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 90–135 nmi (167–250 km; 104–155 mi) at 4–5 knots (7.4–9.3 km/h; 4.6–5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement	47 officers and crewmen
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes 3 × twin external 450 mm torpedo launchers 1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) gun