Émeraude class (1940)

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Émeraude class
Marine national française
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Navy : French Navy
Units: 7 (planned)
Boats of the class
L'Agate , Le Coreil , Émeraude , L'Escarbouche
Technical specifications
Displacement :
  • over water: 862  ts
  • under water: 1119 ts
Length : 72.7 m
Width: 7.3 m
Draft : 4.1 m
Drive  :
Speed :
  • over water: 15 kn (28 km / h )
  • under water: 9 kn (17 km / h)
Driving range  :
  • over water at 12 kn:
    • 5600 NM (10371 km)
  • under water at 4 kn:
    • 90 NM (167 km)
Armament
Artillery : 1 * 100 mm deck gun
Air defense : 2 * 13.2mm MG (2 * 1)
Torpedoes :
Sea mines : 40

The Émeraude class was not built to end submarine - class of the French Navy . In the French type classification of the time, it would have been class 3 boats. The construction was an enlarged further development of the submarine minelayer of the Saphir class . In May 1938, the Émeraude was laid down in Toulon as the first and only boat of the class. The unfinished boat was destroyed by the French on June 18, 1940, a few days before the Franco-German armistice , to prevent further use by the war opponents. The orders for six other planned submarines were canceled.

The project was not continued after the end of the war.

See also

literature

  • Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II. (Technology - Classes - Types. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia). 5th edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9 .

Explanations

  1. ↑ The French metric 550 mm standard can be converted to the internationally widespread 533 mm standard (21 inches ) with plug-in adapters.
  2. ↑ The French Navy distinguished 3 classes of submarines: 1st class boats were ocean-going boats. 2nd class boats were smaller coastal boats. 3rd class boats were mine layers .