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SUBMARINES

DIANE submarines (1916-1917)

Daphné 1916

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Diane Q107 Q38 Arsenal de Cherbourg 12.1912 30.9.1916 8.1917 internal explosion 11.2.1918
Daphné Q108 Q39 Arsenal de Cherbourg 12.1912 25.10.1915 7.1916 stricken 2.1935

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

633 / 891

Length, m

68.0

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Daphné: 2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors

Diane: 2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1800 / 1400

Max speed, kts

17 / 11.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(10) / 130(5)

Armament

Daphné: 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 10 - 450 TT (2 bow, 4 inboard, 4 ext cradles, 10)

Diane: 10 - 450 TT (2 bow, 4 inboard, 4 ext cradles, 10)

Complement 43
Diving depth operational, m  

Project history: Built under the 1912 programme. Project was developed by M. Simonot on the basis of Archimède and Gustav Zédé.

Modernizations: 1920s, Daphné: diving time was reduced, new periscope was installed.

Naval service: Diane was lost 11.2.1918 off La Pallice with all hands by explosion.

Daphné

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

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