French submarine Vestale
- 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 Vestale18 September 1934 — 14 August 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- Vestale
- Namesake
- Vestal Virgin, a priestess of the goddess Vesta in ancient Rome
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Laid down
- 30 January 1931
- Launched
- 26 May 1932
- Commissioned
- 18 September 1934
- Struck
- 14 August 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 14 August 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
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)
Vestale was a Argonaute-class submarine, operated by the Marine Nationale. She was named for Vestal Virgin. Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France laid her keel on 30 January 1931. Launched on 26 May 1932, she entered service on 18 September 1934.
Her class ran to five ships.
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 14 August 1946.
She was broken up for scrap on 14 August 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 Vestale on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.