Gorgone 1920s
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Bellone | Q102 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 12.1912 | 8.7.1914 | 10.1916 | discarded 7.1935 | |
Hermione | Q103 | Arsenal de Toulon | 12.1912 | 15.3.1917 | 12.1917 | discarded 7.1935 | |
Gorgone | Q104 | Arsenal de Toulon | 12.1912 | 23.12.1915 | 7.1916 | discarded 7.1935 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
523 / 788 |
Length, m |
60.6 |
Breadth, m |
5.40 |
Draught, m |
3.50 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Sabathé diesels / 2 electric motors Gorgone: 2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
1640 / 800 |
Max speed, kts |
14.7 / 9.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2300(10) / 100(5) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8) |
Complement | 38 |
Diving depth operational, m | 50 |
Project history: Double-hulled submarines, projected by M. Hutter on the basis of Clorinde. Built under the 1912 program. After war they underwent major repair and reconstruction.
Modernizations: 1920s, all: diving time was reduced, new periscope was installed.
Naval service: No significant events.
Gorgone
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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