Sirène-class submarine
 Galatée at Oran, 1932 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Sirène class |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Built: | 1925–1927 |
| In commission: | 1927–1944 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
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| Speed: |
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| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
| Complement: | 41 |
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The Sirène-class submarines were a sub-class of the 600 Series built for the French Navy prior to World War II. There were four vessels in the class, built to a Loire-Simonot design. They were ordered in 1925 and completed by 1927.[1][2] The four boats of the Sirène class saw action during the Second World War, from September 1939 until the French armistice in June 1940.
General characteristics
The Sirènes had a displacement of 609 tonnes (599 long tons) surfaced and 757 tonnes (745 long tons) submerged. They had an endurance of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph), with a maximum surface speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph), and a submerged speed of 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph). Their armament was seven torpedo tubes (3 forward, 2 midships, and 2 aft) with an outfit of 13 torpedoes. As with all French submarines of this period, the midships torpedo tubes were fitted externally in trainable mounts. They had a single 3-inch (76 mm) and two 8 mm machine guns, and were manned by crews of 41 men.
Ships
- Sirène, scuttled November 1942 Toulon; raised, sunk in air raid June 1944.
- Naïade, scuttled November 1942 Toulon; raised, sunk in air raid twice; April 1943, November 1943.
- Galatée, scuttled November 1942 Toulon; raised, sunk in air raid June 1944.
- Nymphe, decommissioned in 1938.
See also
Notes
References
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- Bagnasco, E :Submarines of World War Two (1977) ISBN 0-85368-331-X
- Conway : Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 (1980) ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5