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Wednesday 6 December 2017

French submarine Opale executing trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 no.7

 An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the French submarine Opale achieved during her surfaced trials a sped of 11,3 miles. With her bunker capacity could she stay for 8 days on sea. However her seaworthy capacities were somewhat doubtful. With success was a distance of 520 miles travelled.(1)

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1. The Q42. Building ordered on 24 November 1903, laid down at Cherbourg, France on 24 November 1903, launched on 20 November 1906, commissioned on 19 December 1908 and sold at Toulon, France on 10 May 1921.