Diane-class submarine

Class overview
Daphné at anchor, 1920s
Name:	Diane
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Bellone class
Succeeded by:	Dupuy de Lôme class
Built:	1913–17
In service:	1916–35
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
Scrapped:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	673 t (662 long tons) (surfaced) 901 t (887 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	68 m (223 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.53 m (18 ft 2 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines 2 × 700 PS (510 kW; 690 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced) 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (submerged)
Range:	2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement:	34 crew
Armament:	2 × internal bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 × external bow 450 mm torpedo tubes 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes 4 × single external 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) Canon de 75 modèle 1897 deck gun (Daphné only)

The Diane class was a pair of submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

Ships

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Diane (Q107)	Arsenal de Cherbourg	16 August 1913	30 September 1916	25 July 1917	Lost, 11 February 1918
Daphné (Q108)	Arsenal de Cherbourg	16 August 1913	25 October 1915	22 November 1916	Stricken, 24 July 1935

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Diane-class submarine

Diane Daphné

Preceded by: Bellone class Followed by: Dupuy de Lôme class List of submarine classes of the French Navy

French naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie^X Lyon^X

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Brennus^S Charles Martel^S Carnot^S Jauréguiberry^S Masséna^S Bouvet^S Charlemagne Henri IV^S Iéna^S Suffren^S République Liberté Danton

Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme^S Amiral Charner Pothuau^S Jeanne d'Arc^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet^S Ernest Renan^S Edgar Quinet

Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille^S Forbin Troude Linois Friant Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux^S Guichen^S Châteaurenault^S Destrées Jurien de la Gravière^S

Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Aventurier Arabe

Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Oméga Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède^S Mariotte^S Amiral Bourgois^S Charles Brun^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Fulton Lagrange Armide O'Byrne

Seaplane carriers	Foudre^S

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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