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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

CIRCÉ submarines (1909)

Circé 1915

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Circé Q047   Arsenal de Toulon 1905 13.9.1907 1909 sunk 20.9.1918
Calypso Q048   Arsenal de Toulon 1905 22.10.1907 1909 collision 7.7.1914

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

351 / 491

Length, m

47.1

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

630 / 460

Max speed, kts

11.9 / 7.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2160(8) / 98(3.5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/50 M1902, 6 - 450 TC (2 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 4 ext cradles)

Complement 22
Diving depth operational, m 40

Project history: Twin-hull submersibles designed by M Laubeuf. Ordered 8 October 1904 under the 1904 programme.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Calypso was sunk in collision with Circé off Toulon 7.7.1914. Circé was sunk in the Adriatic by German submarine U47 20.9.1918.

Circé 1909

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014