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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Guêpe 1 (Q049) Guêpe 2 (Q050)	Arsenal de Cherbourg: Guêpe 1, 2	none	none	none	none

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Names

Guêpe 1 (Q049)

Guêpe 2 (Q050)

Builders

Arsenal de Cherbourg: Guêpe 1, 2

Commissioned

none

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	45 / 50
Length, m	20.5
Breadth, m	2.10
Draught, m
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	240
Max speed, kts	10.5 / 9
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	128(10.5) / 80(6)
Armament	2 - 450 TC (Drzewiecki drop-collar)
Complement	7
Diving depth operational, m	20

Project history

Single-hull submarines designed by M Petithomme. Ten planned in the 1904 programme (first 4 have been built in Cherbourg, 3 in Rochefort and last 3 in Toulon), but only first two were ordered on 8 October 1904 and laid down. Construction stopped in March 1908. Numbers Q 51-Q 58, reserved for Guêpe 3 to Guêpe 10, were assigned later lo the Pluviôse class (1905 programme).

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.