Bellone-class submarine

	File:Bellone-class submarine.jpeg Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
Class overview
Name:	Bellone
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Amphitrite class
Succeeded by:	Diane class
Built:	1913–18
In service:	1914–35
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	540 t (531 long tons) (surfaced); 804 t (791 long tons) (submerged);
Length:	60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines; 2 × 400 PS (290 kW; 390 hp) electric motors;
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced); 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged);
Range:	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	28 crew
Armament:	2 × external bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes; 4 × single 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers; 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 modèle 1897 deck gun;

The Bellone class was a group of three submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

Ships

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Bellone (Q102)	Arsenal de Rochefort	23 April 1913	8 July 1914	12 July 1917	stricken, 29 July 1935
Hermione (Q103)	Arsenal de Toulon	14 April 1913	15 March 1917	5 February 1918	stricken, 29 July 1935
Gorgone (Q104)	Arsenal de Toulon	2 June 1913	23 November 1915	12 October 1916	stricken, 24 July 1925

v t e French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Henri IV^S Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Linois Friant Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S Destrées Jurien de la Gravière^S
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Oméga Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite *Bellone* Dupuy de Lôme Diane Fulton Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview
File:Bellone-class submarine.jpeg Unidentified Bellone-class submarine underway at Toulon, 1914–18
Name:	Bellone
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Amphitrite class
Succeeded by:	Diane class
Built:	1913–18
In service:	1914–35
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	540 t (531 long tons) (surfaced) 804 t (791 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	60.6 m (198 ft 10 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.41 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines 2 × 400 PS (290 kW; 390 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced) 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range:	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth:	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement:	28 crew
Armament:	2 × external bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes 4 × single 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 modèle 1897 deck gun

v t e Bellone-class submarine
Bellone Hermione Gorgone
Preceded by: Amphitrite class Followed by: Diane class List of submarine classes of the French Navy