Sirène class (1925)

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Sirène class
600 ton type A.
Marine national française
Galatėe, 1932
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Construction series: 600 ton type
Navy : French Navy
Builder : A. Chantier de la Loire ( Saint-Nazaire )
Units: 4th
Boats of the class
Galatée , Naïade , Ondine , Sirène
Technical specifications
Crew: 41 men
Displacement :
  • over water: 609 ts
  • under water: 757 ts
Length : 64.00 m
Width: 5.2 m
Draft : 4.3 m
Drive :
Speed :
  • surfaced: 13.5 kn (25  km / h )
  • submerged: 7.5 kn (14 km / h)
Fuel supply: 60-65 t
Driving range:
  • above water at 7.5 kn:
    • 3500 nm (6482 km)
  • under water at 5 kn:
    • 75 nm (139 km)
Diving depth : 80 m
Armament
Artillery : 1 × 76 mm L / 35 deck gun
Air defense : 2 × 8 mm MG (2 × 1)
Torpedoes :
  • 7 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
    • 3 fore, 2 amidships, 2 aft
    • 13 torpedoes

The Sirène class had an average U-boat - ship class of the French Navy . In the French type classification of the time, it was Class 2 boats . Between 1923 and 1927 four boats were built at A. Chantier de la Loire in Saint-Nazaire . The class is also known as 600-ton Type A designated.

With the exception of Ondine , which sank in an accident in 1928 , all boats drove for Vichy France during World War II and were sunk in Toulon after the German invasion of southern France in November 1942 in order to prevent the German navy from accessing them. The self-submerged boats were lifted by the Italian Navy .

Boats of the class

  • Galatée
    • Keel laying : February 1, 1924
    • Launched : December 18, 1925
    • Whereabouts: self- sunk in Toulon on November 22, 1942 , later lifted by the Italians. Sunk by Allied aircraft in Toulon on June 22, 1944.
  • Naïade
    • Keel laying: November 23, 1923
    • Launched: October 20, 1925
    • Whereabouts: self-sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon. Lifted by the Italians on March 17, 1943, but sunk again on April 17, 1943, lifted again on July 17, 1943. Sunk in an Allied air raid on November 24, 1943.
  • Ondine
    • Sunk in a collision in 1928.
  • Siren
    • Keel laying: November 28, 1923
    • Launched: August 6, 1925
    • Whereabouts: self-sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon. Lifted by the Italians in March 1943, but not repaired. Sunk by Allied aircraft in Toulon on June 22, 1944.

See also

literature

  • Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II . 5th edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c uboat.net assigns Ondine to the Ariane class . Erminio Bagnasco indicates the ondine as a Sirène class boat in submarines during World War II . Both sources confirm the loss of the Ondine in 1928 and that an Orion- class boat received the same name.
  2. ↑ The French Navy distinguished 3 classes of submarines: 1st class boats were ocean-going boats. 2nd class boats were smaller coastal boats. 3rd class boats were mine layers .