Gustave Zédé (Q 2)
Gustave Zédé (Q 2)
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| Ship type : | Submarine |
| Navy : | French Navy |
| Launched :: | June 1, 1893 |
| Whereabouts: | 1909 canceled |
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| Crew : | 19 men |
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| Length: | 48.5 m |
| Drive : | Electric motor |
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The Gustave Zédé (Q 2) was the second electrically powered submarine of the French Navy . The ship was named after the ship designer and pioneer of French submarine construction Gustave Zédé .
Details
After the navy had successfully tested the Gymnote (Q 1) developed by Gustave Zédé and Henri Dupuy de Lôme , the first French operational electrically powered submarine, the naval minister placed the order for a much larger design on October 4, 1890. The original name of the project was Sirène . When Gustave Zédé died in 1891, the submarine was renamed in honor of its designer. Zédé's successor as chief engineer of the construction project was his nephew Gaston Romazotti .
The 48.5 m long single-hulled boat displaced 270 ts and was made of bronze . The expensive alloy was chosen as the material to prevent corrosion from salt water .
First test drives showed the same instabilities when diving that were observed with the Plongeur in 1863 . Three pairs of downslope rudders were mounted for trimming , with which the construction could be successfully stabilized. Furthermore, in the course of the tests, an additional deck cladding was introduced, which gave the submarine a higher seaworthiness when sailing above water. That was a first step towards the later developed two-hull boat .
Were used as weapons, two 450-mm Whitehead - torpedoes . The submarine had a torpedo tube that could be reloaded once.
Just like the Gymnote , the Gustave Zédé was powered purely electrically both above and below water. Lead-acid batteries , which could only be charged with external help, served as the energy source for the electric motor . The submarine reached a top speed of 9.2 knots (17 km / h) and could travel up to 6.5 kn (12 km / h) submerged.
The submarine performed a total of over 2500 diving trips. Among other things, it drove 41 nautical miles (76 km ) from Toulon to Marseille . The naval command was very satisfied with the design and ordered another submarine from Romazotti. The result was the Morse (Q 3) .
The Gustave Zédé (Q 2) was deleted from the fleet register in 1909.
See also
Web links
- History of the early submarines at www.uboatnet.de
- The Gustave Zédé at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk ( engl. )
literature
- Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
- Anthony Preston: The history of the submarines , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen, German edition 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7