Diane-class submarine (1930)

Not to be confused with Diane-class submarine (1916).

Class overview
Name	Diane class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	600 Series submarines
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
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	Completed
Diane		15 May 1930
Méduse		26 August 1930
Antiope		19 August 1930
Amphitrite		20 December 1930
Amazone		28 December 1931
Orphée		10 November 1931
Oréade		25 May 1932
Sibylle		28 January 1932
Psyché		4 August 1932

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)