French submarine La Sultane (Q177)
- Displacement
- 620 long tons (630 t)
- Length
- 63.4 m (208 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Service
- as La Sultane20 May 1935 — 27 December 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- La Sultane
- Pennant / hull number
- Q177
- Namesake
- Sultana, a female royal title, and the feminine form of the word sultan
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Laid down
- 3 February 1931
- Launched
- 5 August 1932
- Commissioned
- 20 May 1935
- Struck
- 27 December 1946
- Fate
- Condemned 26 December 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 620 long tons (630 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 785 long tons (798 t)
- Length
- 63.4 m (208 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Draught
- 4.24 m (13.9 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
La Sultane was a Argonaute-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number Q177. The ship was named after Sultana. Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France laid her keel on 3 February 1931. Launched on 5 August 1932, she entered service on 20 May 1935.
Five ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 620 long tons surfaced and 785 long tons submerged. She measured 63.4 m (208 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 41.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 27 December 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Schneider-Carel diesel engines, 1300 bhp
- 2 × electric motors, 1000 shp
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 1 × 8 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine La Sultane (Q177) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.