Clorinde-class submarine

	Cornélie (far fight) and Clorinde (far left) at Cherbourg, 1920
Class overview
Name	Clorinde
Builders	Arsenal de Rochefort
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Charles Brun
Succeeded by	Gustave Zédé class
Built	1910–17
In service	1916–26
In commission	1916–26
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	422 t (415 long tons) (surfaced); 574 t (565 long tons) (submerged);
Length	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft	3.45 m (11 ft 4 in)
Installed power	700–750 PS (510–550 kW; 690–740 hp) diesel engines; 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp) electric motors;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesels; 2 electric motors
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced); 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged);
Range	1,240–1,440 nmi (2,300–2,670 km; 1,430–1,660 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 104 nmi (193 km; 120 mi) at 5.2 knots (9.6 km/h; 6.0 mph) (submerged);
Test depth	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement	27 crew
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) external torpedo launchers; 6 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars; 1 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun;

The Clorinde-class submarines were built for the French Navy prior to World War I. There were two boats 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.

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