The French submarine Gustave Zédé was the lead boat of the class of submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s.
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Name | Gustave Zédé |
Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
Launched | 20 May 1913 |
Completed | 10 October 1914 |
Stricken | 1937 |
Identification | Pennant number: Q92 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | Gustave Zédé-class submarine |
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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) |
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Test depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
Complement | 47 officers and crewmen |
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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]
See also
editCitations
edit- ^ "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
Bibliography
edit- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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). Vol. 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). Vol. 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.