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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

"Modified ÉMERAUDE" submarines

nearly sister-ship Turquoise 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
- Q059   Arsenal de Rochefort 10.1905 --- --- cancelled 1908
- Q060   Arsenal de Rochefort 12.1905 --- --- cancelled 1908

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

425 /

Length, m

54.9

Breadth, m

3.90

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

600 /

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 stern)

Complement  
Diving depth operational, m 40

Project history: Single-hulled submarines designed by Petithomme under the 1904 programme. Construction started on 18 October 1905 and 21 December 1905. Cancelled ~1908. Numbers Q 59 and Q 60 were later assigned to Vendémiaire and Brumaire.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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