Guêpe-class submarine

*Guêpe*-class submarine
Class overview
Name	Guêpe class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Circé class
Succeeded by	Ariane class
Built	1906
Planned	10
Completed	0
Cancelled	10
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	44 tons (surfaced)
Length	20.5 m (67 ft 3 in)
Beam	2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	1 Schneider diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (surfaced); 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged);
Range	128 nmi (237 km; 147 mi) at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (surfaced); 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) (submerged);
Test depth	20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Complement	7
Armament	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) Drzewiecki drop collar torpedo launchers

The Guêpe-class submarines were a planned class of submarines to be built for the French Navy ordered in 1904. Ten of the class were projected but only two were laid down before the whole project was cancelled. Construction of the two vessels that were laid down began in 1906, but it was stopped in 1908 before they could be completed.

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