French submarine Gustave Zédé

History
France
Name:	Gustave Zédé
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Launched:	20 May 1913
Completed:	10 October 1914
Struck:	1937
Identification:	Pennant number: Q92
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Gustave Zédé-class submarine
Displacement:	849 t (836 long tons) (surfaced) 1,098 t (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)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × electric motors 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 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 135 nmi (250 km; 155 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	47 officers and crewmen
Armament:	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes 3 × twin external 450 mm torpedo launchers

The French submarine Gustave Zédé was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

During World War I, Gustave Zédé sank in the Adriatic Sea on 24 August 1916 due to an explosion in her batteries, with the loss of four of her 40 crew. She was subsequently refloated, repaired, and returned to service.^[1]

Citations

1. "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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). 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.

External links

• Gustave Zédé class on navypedia.org