Émeraude (ship name)

Émeraude ( French : emerald ) is the name of a number of submarines and submarine classes of the French Navy :

• Émeraude (1906): Émeraude (Q 41) was the type ship of the Émeraude class (1906) and was used in the First World War. The boat was scrapped in November 1919.
• Émeraude (1940): would have been the type ship of the Émeraude class (1940) , which was never finished . At the time of the French surrender in World War II on June 22, 1940, the boat was not completed and was destroyed to prevent German access.
• Émeraude (S604) : a 1988 Rubis-class nuclear submarine ( SSN ) .

Web links

• www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk - Émeraude (1906)
• naval-technology.com - Rubis class (1983)

literature

• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
• Werner Globke (ed.): Weyers Flottentaschenbuch / Warships of the World - Fleet Handbook , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 66th year 2005-2007, ISBN 3-7637-4517-3