Diane-class submarine (1930)

The Diane-class submarines were a group of nine submarines built for the French Navy during the 1930s. Six boats were sunk during the Second World War and the others were sold for scrap in 1946.

Not to be confused with Diane-class submarine (1916).
Class overview
NameDiane class
Operators French Navy
Preceded by600 Series submarines
Succeeded byOrion class
Built1930–1933
In commission1931–1946
Completed9
Lost6
Scrapped3
General characteristics (as built)
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
Length64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power
  • 1,400 bhp (1,000 kW) (diesels)
  • 1,000 shp (750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement41
Armament
  • 3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) bow torpedo tubes
  • 3 × 400 mm (15.7 in) external torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 76.2 mm (3.0 in) deck gun

Ships

SOURCES [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

ShipLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
Diane4 January 192815 May 19301 September 1932Scuttled 9 November 1942
Méduse1 January 192826 August 19301 September 1932Wrecked 10 November 1942
Antiope28 December 192819 August 193012 October 1933Stricken 26 April 1946
Amphitrite8 August 192820 December 19308 June 1933Sunk 8 November 1942
Amazone14 January 192928 December 193112 October 1933Stricken 26 April 1946
Orphée22 August 192910 November 19318 June 1933Stricken 15 April 1946
Oréade15 August 192925 May 193214 December 1933Sunk 8 November 1942
La Sibylle10 January 193128 January 193222 December 1934Missing 8 November 1942
La Psyché26 December 19304 August 193223 December 1933Sunk 8 November 1942

Notes
  1. Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 275
  2. uboat.net FR Diane Accessed 27 April 2022
  3. uboat.net FR Méduse Accessed 27 April 2022
  4. uboat.net FR Antiope Accessed 27 April 2022
  5. uboat.net FR Amphitrite Accessed 27 April 2022
  6. uboat.net FR Amazone Accessed 27 April 2022
  7. uboat.net FR Orphée Accessed 27 April 2022
  8. uboat.net FR Oréade Accessed 27 April 2022
  9. uboat.net FR La Sibylle Accessed 27 April 2022
  10. uboat.net FR La Psyché Accessed 27 April 2022

Bibliography
  • Moulin, Jean (April–May 2022). "Les sous-marins type Antiope des budgets 1927, 1928, 1929" [The Antope-Class Submarines of the 1927, 1928, 1929 Budgets]. Navires & Histoire (in French) (130): 66–75. ISSN 1280-4290.
  • Roberts, John (1980). "France". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 255–279. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
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