Circé 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Circé | Q125 | Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône | 2.1923 | 29.10.1925 | 6.1929 | captured by Germany 8.12.1942, to Italy (FR117) | |
| Calypso | Q126 | Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône | 2.1923 | 15.1.1926 | 6.1929 | captured by Germany 8.12.1942 | |
| Thétis | Q134 | Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône | 7.1923 | 30.6.1927 | 6.1929 | scuttled 27.11.1942 | |
| Doris | Q135 | Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône | 7.1923 | 25.11.1927 | 1930 | sunk 9.5.1940 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
615 / 776 |
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Length, m |
62.5 |
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Breadth, m |
6.20 |
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Draught, m |
3.99 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Schneider diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
1250 / 1000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 / 7.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 60 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(7.5) / 75(5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 7 - 550 TT (2 bow, 2 ext bow, 1 ext stern, 1 x 2 ext, 13) |
| Complement | 41 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Project history: Schneider-Laubeuf type. Built under the 1922 programme. Variant of Sirène design.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Doris after diesel incapacitation was sunk 9.5.1940 by German submarine U9 at coast of Holland. Circé and Calypso were captured by Germans at Bizerte 8.12.1942 and transferred to Italians, they never been commissioned again. Circé was renamed FR117 and scuttled at Italian departure 6.5.1943. Calypso was destroyed by Allied air bombs 30.1.1943. Thétis was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942.
Thétis
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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