Gustave Zédé-class submarine

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 191310 October 1914
Néréide (Q93) 9 May 191431 October 1916
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
NameGustave Zédé
BuildersArsenal de Cherbourg
Operators French Navy
Preceded byClorinde class
Succeeded byAmphitrite class
Built1911–16
In commission1914–37
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics (as built)
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 820–849 t (807–836 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 1,047–1,098 t (1,030–1,081 long tons) (submerged)
Length74 m (242 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam6 m (19 ft 8 in) (deep)
Draft3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
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)
Complement47 officers and crewmen
Armament

See also

Bibliography
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  • Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
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