French submarine Gustave Zédé (1913)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Gustave Zédé.

The French submarine Gustave Zédé was the lead boat of the class of submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

History
France
Name	Gustave Zédé
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Launched	20 May 1913
Completed	10 October 1914
Stricken	1937
Identification	Pennant number: Q92
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Gustave Zédé-class submarine
Displacement	849 t (836 long tons) (surfaced) 1,098 t (1,081 long tons) (submerged)
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)
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	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced) 10–11 knots (19–20 km/h; 12–13 mph) (submerged)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 135 nmi (250 km; 155 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth	50 m (160 ft)
Complement	47 officers and crewmen
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes 3 × twin external 450 mm torpedo launchers 1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) gun

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.

See also

• List of submarines of France

Bibliography

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