French submarine Bellone

The French submarine Bellone was the lead ship of her class of three submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Bellone.
Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
History
France
Name: Bellone
Ordered: 26 June 1912
Builder: Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down: 23 April 1913
Launched: 8 July 1914
Commissioned: 12 July 1917
Stricken: 29 July 1935
Identification: Pennant number: Q102
Fate: Sold for scrap,
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Bellone-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 540 t (531 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 804 t (791 long tons) (submerged)
Length: 60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft: 3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Speed:
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range:
  • 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth: 50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement: 28 crew
Armament:

See also

Notes

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