Circé-class submarine

  • Above water: 626 ts
  • Under water: 787 ts
  • Diesel: 1,250 hp ( 932 kW)
  • Electrical: 1,000 hp ( 746 kW)
  • Surfaced: 14 kn (26 km / h)
  • Immersed: 7.5 kn (14 km / h)
  • Appeared at 7.5 kn: 3500 NM ( 6482 km )
  • 75 NM (139 km)
  • 7 × 550 -mm torpedo tubes 3 front, 2 amidships, 2 aft
  • 13 torpedoes

The Circé class was a middle class submarine ship of the French Navy. In the former French type classification it was boats in Class 2, the four boats of the class were built in 1923-1930 at Chantiers Schneider et Cie in Chalon -sur -Saône. The class is also known as 600- C type.

A boat of the class was sunk at the beginning of the German invasion of France by a German U - boat. The other three boats remained after the French surrender at Vichy - French control. Two boats were deactivated in December 1940 in French North Africa and captured by the Allied invasion of Africa by the Italian navy. A boat was lifted after the German invasion in southern France at Toulon scuttled and then by the Italians.

Boats of the class

  • Calypso Case Number: Q 126
  • Keel laid: February 7, 1924
  • Launched: January 15, 1926
  • Commissioning: May 12, 1928
  • Whereabouts: deactivated in December 1940 in Bizerte, captured on December 8, 1942 in Bizerte by Italian units, sunk during an allied air raid in Bizerte on January 31, 1943.
  • Case Number: Q 125
  • Keel laid: January 15, 1924
  • Launched: October 29, 1925
  • Year of issue: January 29, 1927
  • Whereabouts: deactivated in December 1940 in Bizerte, captured on December 8, 1942 in Bizerta of Italian units. The boat was designed by the Italian Navy in FR. 117 renamed, but even sunk on May 6, 1943 in Bizerte. The Allies lifted the wreck, but not repaired it. The Circé was finally removed on 18 August 1947.
  • Case Number: Q 135
  • Keel laid: February 1, 1924
  • Launched: November 25, 1927
  • Commissioning: May 26, 1928
  • Whereabouts: on May 9, 1940 9 sunk by German submarine U in position 52 ° 47 ' 36 "N, 3 ° 39' 16" O52.7933333333333.6544444444444 off the Dutch coast. The wreck was discovered in 2003 by Dutch divers.
  • Case Number: Q 134
  • Keel laid: February 1, 1924
  • Launched: June 30, 1927
  • Year of issue: February 24, 1928
  • Fate: scuttled in Toulon on 27 November 1942. The wreck was lifted on 1 March 1943 by the Italian Navy, but not repaired.
French submarine Doris (Q 135) Draft (hull) Velocity Knot (unit) Artillery Machine gun Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon Keel laying German submarine U-9 (1935) Minelayer
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