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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bellone	Q102		Arsenal de Rochefort	12.1912	8.7.1914	10.1916	discarded 7.1935
Hermione	Q103		Arsenal de Toulon	12.1912	15.3.1917	12.1917	discarded 7.1935
Gorgone	Q104		Arsenal de Toulon	12.1912	23.12.1915	7.1916	discarded 7.1935

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	523 / 788
Length, m	60.6
Breadth, m	5.40
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Sabathé diesels / 2 electric motors Gorgone: 2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1640 / 800
Max speed, kts	14.7 / 9.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(10) / 100(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8)
Complement	38
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Double-hulled submarines, projected by M. Hutter on the basis of Clorinde. Built under the 1912 program. After war they underwent major repair and reconstruction.

Modernizations

1920s, all: diving time was reduced, new periscope was installed.

Naval service

No significant events.



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