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| Name: | Sirene class |
| Operators: | French Navy |
| Built: | 1925–1927 |
| In commission: | 1927–1944 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 609 tonnes (599 long tons) surfaced 757 tonnes (745 long tons) submerged |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 3,500 mi (5,600 km) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: | 7 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 76 mm (3 in) deck gun 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns |
The Sirène class submarines were a sub-class of the 600 Series built for the French Navy prior to World War II. There were four vessels in the class, built to a Loire-Simonot design They were ordered in 1925 and completed by 1927.[1][2] The four boats of the Sirène class saw action during the Second World War, from September 1939 until the French armistice in June 1940.
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The Sirène’s had a displacement of 609 tons surfaced and 757 tons submerged. They had an endurance of 3,500 miles at 7.5 knots, with a maximum surface speed of 13.5 knots, and a submerged speed of 7.5 knots. Their armament was seven torpedo tubes (3 forward, 2 midships, and 2 aft) with an outfit of 13 torpedoes. As with all French submarines of this period, the midships torpedo tubes were fitted externally in trainable mounts. They had a single 3 inch/76 mm and two 8 mm machine guns, and were manned by crews of 41 men.
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