NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Triton 1902 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sirène	Q005	Q3	Arsenal de Cherbourg	5.1900	4.5.1901	12.1901	stricken 11.1919
Triton	Q006	Q4	Arsenal de Cherbourg	6.1900	13.7.1901	12.1901	stricken 11.1919
Espadon	Q013	Q8	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1900	7.9.1901	6.1902	stricken 11.1919
Silure	Q014	Q7	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1900	29.10.1901	6.1902	stricken 11.1919

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	157 / 213
Length, m	32.5
Breadth, m	3.90
Draught, m	2.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler / 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	250 / 100
Max speed, kts	9.8 / 5.8
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	600(7) / 55(3.8)
Armament	4 - 450 TC
Complement	13
Diving depth operational, m	30

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Submersible boars of modified Narval type with double hull ordered on 20 May 1899 and 1 May 1900. Designed by Maxime Laubeuf. Initial cost was £24,700 each. They were built like torpedo-boats and submerged by the admission of water into the space between the skins. Machinery generally similar to Narval. These boats could dive in 6 minutes (Espadon) to 9 minutes (Triton).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.