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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gustave Zédé	Q092	Q34	Arsenal de Cherbourg	2.1911	20.5.1913	10.1914	stricken 1937
Néréïde	Q093	Q35	Arsenal de Cherbourg	7.1911	9.5.1914	1.1916	stricken 1935

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	Gustave Zédé: 849 /1098 Néréide: 820 / 1047
Length, m	74.0
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	3.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Gustave Zédé: 2 VTE, 2 Du Temple boilers / 2 electric motors Néréide: 2 Schneider-Carels diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	Gustave Zédé: 3500 / 1640 Néréide: 2400 / 1640
Max speed, kts	Gustave Zédé: 17.6 / 11.4 Néréide: 17.3 / 10.5
Fuel, t	Gustave Zédé: oil Néréide: diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	Gustave Zédé: 1400(10) / 135(5) Néréide: 3120(10) / 90(4)
Armament	8 - 450 TT (2 bow, 4 inboard, 2 ext cradles, 10), 1 x 1 - 75/34 M1897, 1 x 1 - 47/50 M1902
Complement	47
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Projected by M. Simonot as diesel-electric submarines, but in 1912 the decision was accepted to complete lead boat with steam surface machinery. Machinery of both boats have appeared unsuccessful: on Gustave Zédé it was too bulky and inconvenient in operation, and on Néréide diesels reached only half of designed power. In 1921-1922 Gustave Zédé received diesels from requisitioned German submarine U165.

Modernizations

1922, Gustave Zédé: VTE were replaced by 2 MAN Q6 diesels (2400 hp, 15 kts), fuel capacity was increased.

1922, Néréide: + 1 x 2 - 450 TT; new bridge and periscope were fitted.

Naval service

No significant events.



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