French submarine Topaze
A French postcard of Topaze in Toulon during a naval review | |
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Name: | Topaze |
Namesake: | Topaz |
Builder: | Arsenal de Toulon |
Laid down: | October 1903 |
Launched: | 2 July 1908 |
Completed: | 10 December 1910 |
Struck: | 12 November 1919 |
Identification: | Pennant number: Q45 |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 10 May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Émeraude-class submarine |
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Length: | 44.9 m (147 ft 4 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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Test depth: | 40 m (130 ft) |
Complement: | 2 officers and 23 crewmen |
Armament: | 6 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 × bow, 2 × stern) |
Topaze was one of six Émeraude-class submarines built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Citations
Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French) 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
- Garier, Gérard (1998). Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French) 2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-34-3.
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