Bellone-class submarine

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Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
Class overview
NameBellone
OperatorsCivil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy
Preceded by Amphitriteclass
Succeeded by Diane 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.

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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]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Fontenoy, Paul. Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact , p. 87 (ABC-CLIO, 2007).

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