French submarine Dupuy de Lôme

The French submarine Dupuy de Lôme was the lead boat of the class of submarines built for the French Navy.

The French Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918 French submarines DUPUY DE LOME and SANE in harbour, probably in Toulon.
History
France
NameDupuy de Lôme
NamesakeHenri Dupuy de Lôme
Ordered1913
BuilderArsenal de Toulon
Laid down1 September 1913
Launched9 September 1915
Commissioned22 July 1916
Stricken29 July 1935
IdentificationPennant number: Q105
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeDupuy de Lôme-class submarine
Displacement
  • 853 t (840 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 1,291 t (1,271 long tons) (submerged)
Length75 m (246 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam6.39 m (21 ft 0 in) (deep)
Draft3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (surfaced)
  • 10.9 knots (20.2 km/h; 12.5 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 2,350 nmi (4,350 km; 2,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement41 crew
Armament

Dupuy de Lôme, named after the French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme, was laid down in Toulon in 1913, launched on 9 September 1915 and commissioned in July 1916. She was decommissioned on 24 February 1935, and sold for scrap in Brest on 6 August 1938.

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Bibliography

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