Sirène-class submarine

Class overview
Name: Sirène 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.

General characteristics

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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Notes

  1. ↑ Bagnasco p44
  2. ↑ Conway, p.272

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