French submarine Perle (1903)
Sister ship Thon
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| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Perle |
| Ordered | 3 April 1901 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
| Laid down | 23 April 1902 |
| Launched | 1 December 1903 |
| Commissioned | 8 December 1904 |
| Stricken | 7 June 1912 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 February 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Naïade-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
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| Test depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Complement | 9 |
| Armament | 2 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedoes in Drzewiecki drop collars |
Perle was one of 20 Naïade-class submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century.
Notes
References
- Garier, Gérard (n.d.). Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904) [From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)]. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-19-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
- Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 190–220. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.