nearly sister-ship Clorinde 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amphitrite, 4.1928- Amphitrite II | Q094 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1911 | 9.6.1914 | 1915 | stricken 9.1935 | |
| Astrée | Q095 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1912 | 6.12.1915 | 6.1918 | stricken 1928 | |
| Artémis | Q096 | Arsenal de Toulon | 1911 | 14.10.1914 | 1915 | stricken 1927 | |
| Aréthuse | Q097 | Arsenal de Toulon | 1912 | 20.4.1916 | 1916 | stricken 1927 | |
| Atalante, 4.1928- Atalante II | Q098 | Arsenal de Toulon | 1912 | 14.4.1915 | 1915 | stricken 1931 | |
| Amarante | Q099 | Arsenal de Toulon | 1912 | 11.11.1915 | 9.1918 | stricken 1925 | |
| Ariane | Q100 | Q36 | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1911 | 5.9.1914 | 1915 | sunk 19.6.1917 |
| Andromaque | Q101 | Q37 | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1912 | 13.2.1915 | 1916 | stricken 1931 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
414 / 609 Amarante, Astrée: 440 / 610 |
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Length, m |
53.9 |
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Breadth, m |
5.40 |
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Draught, m |
3.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN-Schneider diesels / 2 electric motors Andromaque, Ariane: 2 MAN-Loire diesels / 2 electric motors Amphitrite: 2 MAN-Chaléessière diesels / 2 electric motors Astrée, Amarante: 2 MAN-Indret diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
800 / 700 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 - 13 / 9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1300(10) / 100(5) |
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Armament |
8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8) Amarante, Astrée: 8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8), 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, mines |
| Complement | 29 |
| Diving depth operational, m |
Project history: Double-hulled submarines, built under the 1909 program. Project of M. Hutter on the basis of Brumaire. Diesels did not reach projected 1300hp power, and it became main weakness of project. Astrée and Amarante after launch were towed off to Le Havre and completed as minelayers.
Modernizations: 1916 - 1917, completed and survived: + 1 x 1 - 47/50 M1902 or 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897.
Naval service: Ariane was sunk off Bizerte 19.6.1917 by a torpedo from German submarine UC22. Artémis erroneously was twice attacked by British ships and aircraft, but both times, fortunately, without success.
Artémis after war
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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