French submarine Espadon (1926)
{{other ships|French ship Espadon}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Souffleur (1924).jpg |Ship caption=Sister ship Souffleur in 1926 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}} |Ship name=Espadon |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Arsenal de Toulon |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=1 October 1923 |Ship launched=29 May 1926 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=16 December 1927 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Captured by Italian forces on 8 December 1942 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Italy |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Italy|naval}} |Ship name=FR 114 |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired=8 December 1942 |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Scuttled by at the Castellamare shipyard on 13 September 1943, then raised by German forces in 1943 but not repaired. |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Requin|submarine}} |Ship displacement=* {{Convert|1150|LT|t|0|lk=on}} (surfaced)
|Ship length= {{Convert|78.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{Convert|6.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{Convert|5.10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=* 2 × diesel engines, {{Convert|2900|hp|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=* {{Convert|15|kn|km/h|lk=in}} (surfaced)
|Ship range=* {{convert|7700|nmi|km}} at {{convert|9|kn|km/h}}
|Ship endurance= |Ship test depth={{Convert|80|m|abbr=on}} |Ship boats= |Ship complement=51 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=* 10 × {{Convert|550|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
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The French submarine Espadon was a {{sclass|Requin|submarine}} built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in October 1923, it was launched in May 1926 and commissioned in December 1927. It was disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia in April 1941 and captured there by Italian forces on 8 December 1942 and renamed FR 114. It was scuttled by the Italians at the Castellamare shipyard on 13 September 1943, then raised by the Germans in 1943 but not repaired.{{cite web|title=FR Espadon of the French Navy - French submarine of the Requin class - Allied Warships of WWII|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6081.html|website=uboat.net|accessdate=22 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/espadon/ancien.htm|title=Batiments ayant porté le nom d'Espadon|website=www.netmarine.net}}{{cite web |url=http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q129.htm |title=Q 129 |website=sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104145713/http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q129.htm |archive-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}Fontenoy, p. 182
Design
{{Convert|78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long, with a beam of {{Convert|6.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{Convert|5.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, Requin-class submarines could dive up to {{Convert|80|m|abbr=on}}. The submarine had a surfaced displacement of {{Convert|1150|LT|t|0|lk=on}} and a submerged displacement of {{Convert|1441|LT|t|0|lk=on}}. Propulsion while surfaced was provided by two {{Convert|2900|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel motors and two {{Convert|1800|hp|0|abbr=on}} electric motors. The submarines' electrical propulsion allowed it to attain speeds of {{Convert|9|kn}} while submerged and {{Convert|15|kn}} on the surface. Their surfaced range was {{convert|7700|nmi|km}} at {{convert|9|kn|km/h}}, and {{convert|4000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}}, with a submerged range of {{convert|70|nmi|km}} at {{convert|5|kn|km/h}}.{{cite web |title=Requin Class French Submarines |url=https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/requin_class.htm |website=battleships-cruisers.co |accessdate=22 October 2018}}
Citations
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References
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD3eSRfUIesC&q=French+submarine+Ca%C3%AFman&pg=PA182|title=Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact|last=Fontenoy|first=Paul E.|date=2007|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781851095636|language=en}}
{{Requin class submarines}}
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