page_title: French submarine Gustave Zédé (1893)
hierarchical_section_title: French submarine Gustave Zédé (1893)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: das von Zédé konstruierte U-Boot wird am 1. Juni 1893 in Toulon zu Wasser gelassen
context_page_description: Gustave Zédé was one of the world's earliest commissioned naval submarines. She was launched on 1 July 1893 at Toulon, France, although only formally entering service with the French Navy in May 1900 after a long series of trials and design alterations. The submarine carried out the first successful torpedo attack by a submerged vessel against a surface ship.
  Initially ordered as Sirène on 4 October 1890 the boat was renamed Gustave Zédé on 1 May 1891 after the French naval architect who had worked on its design, but who died in 1891 following an explosion during the development of an experimental torpedo. Development followed on from the previous smaller design, Gymnote. Both ships were electrically propelled using power from storage batteries.
context_section_description: Gustave Zédé was one of the world's earliest commissioned naval submarines. She was launched on 1 July 1893 at Toulon, France, although only formally entering service with the French Navy in May 1900 after a long series of trials and design alterations. The submarine carried out the first successful torpedo attack by a submerged vessel against a surface ship.
  Initially ordered as Sirène on 4 October 1890 the boat was renamed Gustave Zédé on 1 May 1891 after the French naval architect who had worked on its design, but who died in 1891 following an explosion during the development of an experimental torpedo. Development followed on from the previous smaller design, Gymnote. Both ships were electrically propelled using power from storage batteries.
caption: Launch of Gustave Zédé, June 1893
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