French submarine Perle (1935)
Service
- as Perle1 March 1937 — 8 July 19441,772 days of the war
- Name
- Perle
- Pennant / hull number
- 1935
- Namesake
- Pearl
- Builder
- Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon, France
- Laid down
- 1931
- Launched
- 30 July 1935
- Commissioned
- 1 March 1937
- Fate
- Sunk 8 July 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 761 long tons (773 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 925 long tons (940 t)
- Length
- 66 m (216.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.2 m (23.6 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 42
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Perle was a Saphir-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1935. She was named for Pearl. Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon, France laid her keel in 1931. She entered service on 1 March 1937, having been launched on 30 July 1935.
Her class ran to six ships.
The boat displaced 761 long tons surfaced and 925 long tons submerged. She measured 66 m (217 ft) long with a beam of 7.2 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 42.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,772 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 8 July 1944, at 55°27′N 30°50′W. The wreck survives.
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 × diesel engines, 1300 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1100 hp
- Armament
- 3 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × 8 mm machine guns
- 32 × mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Perle (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://images-01.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/321/078/291_001.jpg Scanned French postcard — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons