Diane-class submarine (1916)

The Diane class was a pair of submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

Not to be confused with Diane-class submarine (1930).
Daphné at anchor, 1920s
Class overview
Name: Diane
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Bellone class
Succeeded by: Dupuy de Lôme class
Built: 1913–17
In service: 1916–35
Completed: 2
Lost: 1
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
  • 673 t (662 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 901 t (887 long tons) (submerged)
Length: 68 m (223 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam: 5.53 m (18 ft 2 in) (deep)
Draft: 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts
Speed:
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced)
  • 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (submerged)
Range:
  • 2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement: 34 crew
Armament:
  • 2 × internal bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × external bow 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • 4 × single external 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers
  • 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 modèle 1897 deck gun (Daphné only)

Ships
NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
Diane (Q107)Arsenal de Cherbourg16 August 191330 September 191625 July 1917Lost, 11 February 1918
Daphné (Q108)25 October 191522 November 1916Stricken, 24 July 1935

Notes

    Bibliography
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    • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
    • Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
    • Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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