Sirène 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Sirène | Q123 | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 2.1923 | 6.8.1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27.11.1942 | |
| Naïade | Q124 | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 2.1923 | 20.10.1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27.11.1942 | |
| Galathée | Q132 | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 7.1923 | 18.12.1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27.11.1942 | |
| Nymphe | Q133 | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 1923 | 1.4.1926 | 1927 | BU 1938 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
609 / 757 |
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Length, m |
64.0 |
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Breadth, m |
5.20 |
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Draught, m |
4.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
1300 / 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: First series of "600ton" submarines, built under 1922 programme. Loire-Simonot type. Successful medium submarines which have been well enough armed and manoeuvrable. Narrowness of internal compartments was considered as a lack, but at fortnight endurance it was not of great importance. Galatée on trials reached 14.3kts. She became fastest submarine of a "600ton" class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Nymphe was broken up for unknown reasons in 1938.
All three survived submarines were scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942. Later they were raised by Italians and Germans and lost under Allied air bombs; the first 24.11.1943 became Naïade, Sirène followed in February, 1943 and Galatée in June, 1944.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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