French submarine Daphné

History
Daphné at anchor, 1920s
France
Name:	Daphné
Ordered:	12 November 1912
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down:	16 August 1913
Launched:	25 October 1915
Commissioned:	22 November 1916
Struck:	24 July 1935
Identification:	Pennant number: Q108
Fate:	Sold for scrap,
General characteristics
Class and type:	Diane-class 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

The French submarine Daphné was one of two Diane-class submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

Notes

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Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

Diane-class submarine

Diane Daphné

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

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