Émeraude class (1940)
Émeraude class![]() |
|
---|---|
General data | |
Ship type : | Submarine |
Navy : | French Navy |
Units: | 7 (planned) |
Boats of the class | |
|
|
Technical specifications | |
Displacement : |
|
Length : | 72.7 m |
Width: | 7.3 m |
Draft : | 4.1 m |
Drive : | |
Speed : | |
Driving range : |
|
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
- ↑ The French metric 550 mm standard can be converted to the internationally widespread 533 mm standard (21 inches ) with plug-in adapters.
- ↑ 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 .