French submarine Dupuy de Lôme

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dupuy de Lôme.

The French Navy in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918 French submarines DUPUY DE LOME and SANE in harbour, probably in Toulon.
History
France
Name	Dupuy de Lôme
Namesake	Henri Dupuy de Lôme
Ordered	1913
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	1 September 1913
Launched	9 September 1915
Commissioned	22 July 1916
Stricken	29 July 1935
Identification	Pennant number: Q105
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Dupuy de Lôme-class submarine
Displacement	853 t (840 long tons) (surfaced) 1,291 t (1,271 long tons) (submerged)
Length	75 m (246 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.39 m (21 ft 0 in) (deep)
Draft	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 × 1,700 PS (1,300 kW; 1,700 hp); 2 Du Temple boilers 2 × 820 PS (600 kW; 810 hp) electric motors
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (surfaced) 10.9 knots (20.2 km/h; 12.5 mph) (submerged)
Range	2,350 nmi (4,350 km; 2,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth	50 m (164 ft 1 in)
Complement	41 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 × 75 mm (3.0 in) 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

The French submarine Dupuy de Lôme was the lead boat of the class of submarines built for the French Navy.

Dupuy de Lôme, named after the French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme, was laid down in Toulon in 1913, launched on 9 September 1915 and commissioned in July 1916. She was decommissioned on 24 February 1935, and sold for scrap in Brest on 6 August 1938.

See also

• List of submarines of France

Bibliography

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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). Vol. 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
• Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

External links

• Castel, Marc: Dupuy de Lôme at Sous-marins Français 1863 - pagesperso-orange.fr (French)