Diane-class submarine (1916)

	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	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines; 2 × 700 PS (510 kW; 690 hp) electric motors;
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);

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

Ships[]

Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
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.

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Diane (Q107)	Arsenal de Cherbourg	16 August 1913	30 September 1916	25 July 1917	Lost, 11 February 1918
Daphné (Q108)	Arsenal de Cherbourg	16 August 1913	25 October 1915	22 November 1916	Stricken, 24 July 1935

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Diane Daphné
Preceded by: Bellone class Followed by: Dupuy de Lôme class
List of submarines of the French Navy

show v t French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton
Coast defense ships	Henri IV^S
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Friant Linois Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S D'Estrées Jurien de la Gravière^S
Light cruisers	La Motte-Picquet^X
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Enseigne Gabolde^S^C M89^X Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Argonaute^S Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Joessel Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview
Daphné at anchor, 1920s
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	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines 2 × 700 PS (510 kW; 690 hp) electric motors
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)