Name Clorinde Operators French Navy Succeeded by Gustave Zédé class | Builders Arsenal de Rochefort Preceded by Charles Brun Built 1910–17 | |
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The Clorinde-class submarines were built for the French Navy prior to World War I. There were two vessels in this class, neither of them would be used during World War I, but they operated in the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel until they were stricken in 1926.
Construction
The Clorinde-class submarines were both built at Arsenal de Rochefort in November 1910, they were double-hulled submarines and built under the 1909 programme Project of M. Hutter on the basis of Labeuf Brumaire. They were launched in 1913 and the first submarine Clorinde was completed in October 1916, while her sistership Cornélie was finished in September 1917.
When they were completed, the submarine was 53.9 metres (176 ft 10 in) long, with a beam of 5.1 metres (16 ft 9 in) and a draft of 3.4 metres (11 ft 2 in). The submarine was assessed at 567 GRT. They had 2 MAN-Loire diesels / 2 NANCY-electric motors which were powered by diesel oil and the engine was rated at 800 nhp. Her max. depth was 40 metres (131 ft 3 in), they could hold 29 crew and they were armed with 2 450 mm (17.7 in) bow torpedo tubes, 6 single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars of which 4 were placed at the aft of the submarine. They each also held a single 47 mm deck gun which was installed in 1916 when they entered service.