Diane-class submarine (1930)

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Class overview
NameDiane class
OperatorsCivil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy
Preceded by 600 Series submarines
Succeeded by Orion class
Built19301933
In commission19311946
Completed9
Lost6
Scrapped3
General characteristics (as built)
Type Submarine
Displacement
Length64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power
  • 1,400  bhp (1,000  kW) (diesels)
  • 1,000 shp (750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 4,000  nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement41
Armament
  • 3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) bow torpedo tubes
  • 3 × 400 mm (15.7 in) external torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.0 in) deck gun

The Diane-class submarines were a group of nine submarines built for the French Navy during the 1930s. Six boats were sunk during the Second World War and the others were sold for scrap in 1946.

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Ships

SOURCES [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Ship Laid down Launched CommissionedFate
Diane 4 January 192815 May 19301 September 1932 Scuttled 9 November 1942
Méduse 1 January 192826 August 19301 September 1932Wrecked 10 November 1942
Antiope 28 December 192819 August 193012 October 1933Stricken 26 April 1946
Amphitrite 8 August 192820 December 19308 June 1933Sunk 8 November 1942
Amazone 14 January 192928 December 193112 October 1933Stricken 26 April 1946
Orphée 22 August 192910 November 19318 June 1933Stricken 15 April 1946
Oréade 15 August 192925 May 193214 December 1933Sunk 8 November 1942
La Sibylle 10 January 193128 January 193222 December 1934Missing 8 November 1942
La Psyché 26 December 19304 August 193223 December 1933Sunk 8 November 1942

Notes

  1. Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 275
  2. uboat.net FR Diane Accessed 27 April 2022
  3. uboat.net FR Méduse Accessed 27 April 2022
  4. uboat.net FR Antiope Accessed 27 April 2022
  5. uboat.net FR Amphitrite Accessed 27 April 2022
  6. uboat.net FR Amazone Accessed 27 April 2022
  7. uboat.net FR Orphée Accessed 27 April 2022
  8. uboat.net FR Oréade Accessed 27 April 2022
  9. uboat.net FR La Sibylle Accessed 27 April 2022
  10. uboat.net FR La Psyché Accessed 27 April 2022

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