French submarine Cornélie

The French submarine Cornélie was the second and last Clorinde-class submarine built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

History
France
Name	Cornélie
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Launched	29 October 1913
Commissioned	18 August 1916
Stricken	20 December 1926
Identification	Pennant number: Q91
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 April 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Clorinde-class submarine
Displacement	422 t (415 long tons) (surfaced) 574 t (565 long tons) (submerged)
Length	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft	3.45 m (11 ft 4 in)
Installed power	750 PS (550 kW; 740 hp) diesel engines 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp) electric motors
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesels; 2 electric motors
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced) 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,240 nmi (2,300 km; 1,430 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 104 nmi (193 km; 120 mi) at 5.2 knots (9.6 km/h; 6.0 mph) (submerged)
Test depth	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement	27 crew
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) external torpedo launchers 6 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 1 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

See also

• List of submarines of France

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