Sirène 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Sirène | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 2/1923 | 6/8/1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27/11/1942 | |
| Naïade | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 2/1923 | 20/10/1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27/11/1942 | |
| Galathée | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 7/1923 | 18/12/1925 | 1927 | scuttled 27/11/1942 | |
| Nymphe | A C de la Loire, Nantes | 1923 | 1/4/1926 | 1927 | BU 1938 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
609 / 757 |
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Length, m |
64.0 |
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Breadth, m |
5.20 |
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Draught, m |
4.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Sulzer diesels / electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
1300 / 1000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 / 7.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 60 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(7.5) / 75(5) |
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Armament |
7 - 550 TT (2 bow, 2 ext bow, 1 ext stern, 1 x 2 ext, 13), 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925, 2 x 1 - 8/80 |
| Complement | 41 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Ship project history: First series of "600ton" submarines, built under 1922 program. Loire-Simonot type. Successful medium submarines which have been well enough armed and manoeuvrable. Narrowness of internal compartments was considered as a lack, but at fortnight endurance it was not of great importance. Galatée on trials reached 14.3kts. She became fastest submarine of a "600ton" class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Nymphe was broken up for unknown reasons in 1938.
All three survived submarines were scuttled at Toulon 27/11/1942. Later they were raised by Italians and Germans and lost under Allied air bombs; the first 24/11/1943 became Naïade, Sirène followed in February, 1943 and Galatée in June, 1944.
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