Bellone-class submarine

Bellone-class submarine
Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
Class overview
Name:	Bellone
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Amphitrite class
Succeeded by:	Diane class
Built:	1913–18
In service:	1914–35
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	540 t (531 long tons) (surfaced) 804 t (791 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines 2 × 400 PS (290 kW; 390 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 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 depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	28 crew
Armament:	2 × external bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes 4 × single 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 modèle 1897 deck gun

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

Ships

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 1925

Bibliography

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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) (in French). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France. 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5. 
• Garier, Gérard (2000) (in French). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France. 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. 

External links

• Bellone class on navypedia.org