Sirène-class submarine (1901)

Sirène, c. 1909
Class overview
Name	Sirène class
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Narval
Succeeded by	<i>Morse</i> class
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Submarine
Displacement	157 t (155 long tons) (surfaced) 213 t (210 long tons) (submerged)
Length	32.5 m (106 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Draft	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power	250 ihp (190 kW) (steam engines) 100 bhp (75 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	9.75 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.2 mph) (surfaced) 5.8 knots (10.7 km/h; 6.7 mph) (submerged)
Range	500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 3.75 knots (6.9 km/h; 4.3 mph) submerged
Complement	13
Armament	4 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) Drzewiecki drop collar

The Sirène-class submarines were a group of four submarines built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. They were stricken from the Navy List in November 1919.

Ships

See also

• List of submarines of France

Notes

Bibliography

• Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
• Garier, Gérard (n.d.). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France [The Technical and Human Odyssey of the Submarine in France: From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)] (in French). Vol. 1: Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904). Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-19-X.
• Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
• Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
• 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.
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External links

• French Submarines: 1863 - Now
• Sous-marins Français 1863 -  (French)

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