Diane-class submarine (1930)

Class overview
Name	Diane class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	600 Series submarines
Succeeded by	Orion class
Built	1930–1933
In commission	1931–1946
Completed	9
Lost	6
Scrapped	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	571 tonnes (562 long tons) (surfaced); 809 tonnes (796 long tons) (submerged);
Length	64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	1,400 bhp (1,000 kW) (diesels); 1,000 shp (750 kW) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
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);
Complement	41
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;

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.

Ships[]

Ship	Laid down	Launched^[1]	Completed
		15 May 1930
Méduse		26 August 1930
		19 August 1930
		20 December 1930
Amazone		28 December 1931
		10 November 1931
		25 May 1932
Sibylle		28 January 1932
		4 August 1932

Notes[]

^ Gardiner & Chesnau, p. 275

Bibliography[]

Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

External links[]

French Submarines: 1863 - Now
Sous-marins Français 1863 - (French)

[gg8-1] Gardiner & Chesnau, p. 275

[1]

v t French naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Béarn^S Joffre^X Dixmude^S^LL
Battleships	Courbet Bretagne Dunkerque Richelieu Alsace^X
Heavy cruisers	Duquesne Suffren Algérie^S Saint-Louis^X
Light cruisers	Duguay-Trouin Jeanne d'Arc^S Émile Bertin^S La Galissonnière De Grasse^S
Large destroyers	Chacal Guépard Aigle Vauquelin Le Fantasque Mogador
Torpedo boats	Bourrasque L'Adroit Le Hardi La Melpomène Le Fier^X La Combattante^S^LL
Escorteurs	French Flower Cannon^LL PC-461^LL River^LL
Submarines	Sirène Ariane Circé Argonaute Orion Diane Saphir Requin Redoutable Surcouf^S Minerve Aurore Curie^S^LL Narval^S^LL
Avisos	Arabis Ville d'Ys^S Arras Bougainville Élan Chamois
Other	Commandant Teste^S (seaplane tender) ^X (seaplane tender) Pluton^S (minelaying cruiser)
LL Lend-Lease S Single ship of class X Cancelled

Class overview

Name	Diane class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	600 Series submarines
Succeeded by	Orion class
Built	1930–1933
In commission	1931–1946
Completed	9
Lost	6
Scrapped	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	571 tonnes (562 long tons) (surfaced) 809 tonnes (796 long tons) (submerged)
Length	64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	1,400 bhp (1,000 kW) (diesels) 1,000 shp (750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
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)
Complement	41
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