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Émeraude-class submarine (1937)
Class overview
Name: Émeraude class
Operators: Civil and Naval Ensign of France French Navy
Preceded by: Roland Morillot class
Succeeded by: Phénix class
Planned: 4
Completed: 0
General characteristics
Type: Minelaying submarine
Displacement:
  • 862 t (848 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 1,119 t (1,101 long tons) (submerged)
Length: 72.7 m (238 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam: 7.36 m (24 ft 2 in)
Draft: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power:
  • 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) (diesels)
  • 1,270 shp (950 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
  • Speed:
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged)
  • Range:
  • 5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
  • 90 nmi (170 km; 100 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
  • Complement: 43
    Armament:

    The Émeraude-class submarines were a quartet of four minelaying submarines that were ordered for the French Navy during the 1930s. Only the name boat was laid down before the German invasion of France on 10 May 1940 and she was demolished before she could be launched.

    Ships[]

    Ship Laid down Launched Fate[1]
    Émeraude (Q197) Demolished on the slipway, 23 June 1940
    Agate (Q208) Cancelled, 1940
    Corail (Q209)
    Escarboucle (Q210)

    Notes[]

    1. Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 276

    Bibliography[]

    • Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger, eds (1980). Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7. 

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