The Ariane class had an average U-boat - ship class of the French Navy . In the French type classification at the time, it was Class 2 boats. Between 1923 and 1929, four boats were built by Chantier Augustin Normand in Le Havre . The class is also known as 600-ton Type B designates.
The nymph was scrapped in 1938. Eurydicé drove for Vichy France during World War II . The other two boats were deactivated in French North Africa after the French surrender in October 1940 . After the Anglo-American landing in North Africa and the subsequent German invasion of southern France, all three boats were self-scuttled in North Africa and Toulon in November 1942 . A boat was then lifted by the Italians.
↑ The French Navy distinguished three classes of submarines: 1st class boats were ocean-going boats. 2nd class boats were smaller coastal boats. 3rd class boats were mine layers .
↑ a b uboat.net assigns nymph to the Sirène class . Erminio Bagnasco indicates the nymph as an Ariane class boat in submarines during World War II . Both sources confirm the scrapping of the nymph in 1938.
