The Bellone class was a group of three submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.
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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 |
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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 |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts |
Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 28 crew |
Armament |
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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]
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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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 1935 |