French submarine Gustave Zédé (1913)

History
France
Name	Gustave Zédé
Ordered	14 February 1911
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	7 August 1911
Launched	20 May 1913
Completed	10 October 1914
Stricken	27 January 1937
Identification	Budget number: Q92
Fate	Sold for scrap, 21 April 1938
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Gustave Zédé-class submarine
Displacement	850 t (837 long tons) (surfaced); 1,099 t (1,082 long tons) (submerged);
Length	74 m (242 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in) (deep)
Draft	4.2 m (13 ft 9 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	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (surfaced); 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,242 nmi (2,300 km; 1,429 mi) at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) (surfaced); 135 nmi (250 km; 155 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Complement	43
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes; 6 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers;

Gustave Zédé was the lead boat of her class of two submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s, just before World War I. The boat was intended to use diesel engines, but they were cancelled she was under construction and steam engines were substituted.

History

France
Name	Gustave Zédé
Ordered	14 February 1911
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	7 August 1911
Launched	20 May 1913
Completed	10 October 1914
Stricken	27 January 1937
Identification	Budget number: Q92
Fate	Sold for scrap, 21 April 1938
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Gustave Zédé-class submarine
Displacement	850 t (837 long tons) (surfaced) 1,099 t (1,082 long tons) (submerged)
Length	74 m (242 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	6 m (19 ft 8 in) (deep)
Draft	4.2 m (13 ft 9 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	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (surfaced) 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,242 nmi (2,300 km; 1,429 mi) at 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph) (surfaced) 135 nmi (250 km; 155 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement	43
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes 6 × single external 450 mm torpedo launchers