Diane-class submarine (1930)

Not to be confused with Diane-class submarine (1916).

An unidentfied Diane-class submarine.
Class overview
Name	Diane class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	600 Series submarines
Succeeded by	Orion class
Built	1930–1933
In commission	1931–1946
Completed	9
Lost	6
Scrapped	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	571 long tons (580  t) (surfaced) 809 long tons (822  t) (submerged)
Length	64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	1,400  bhp (1,000  kW) (diesels) 1,000 shp (750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
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)
Complement	41
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.

Ships

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

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Diane	4 January 1928	15 May 1930	1 September 1932	Scuttled 9 November 1942
Méduse	1 January 1928	26 August 1930	1 September 1932	Wrecked 10 November 1942
Antiope	28 December 1928	19 August 1930	12 October 1933	Stricken 26 April 1946
Amphitrite	8 August 1928	20 December 1930	8 June 1933	Sunk 8 November 1942
Amazone	14 January 1929	28 December 1931	12 October 1933	Stricken 26 April 1946
Orphée	22 August 1929	10 November 1931	8 June 1933	Stricken 15 April 1946
Oréade	15 August 1929	25 May 1932	14 December 1933	Sunk 8 November 1942
La Sibylle	10 January 1931	28 January 1932	22 December 1934	Missing 8 November 1942
La Psyché	26 December 1930	4 August 1932	23 December 1933	Sunk 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

Bibliography

• Moulin, Jean (April–May 2022). "Les sous-marins type Antiope des budgets 1927, 1928, 1929" [The Antope-Class Submarines of the 1927, 1928, 1929 Budgets]. Navires & Histoire (in French) (130): 66–75. ISSN   1280-4290.
• Roberts, John (1980). "France". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 255–279. ISBN   0-8317-0303-2.

External links

• French Submarines: 1863 - Now
• Sous-marins Français 1863 - (in French)