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Artémis after war Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Amphitrite, 4.1928- Amphitrite II	Q094		Arsenal de Rochefort	1911	9.6.1914	1915	stricken 9.1935
Astrée	Q095		Arsenal de Rochefort	1912	6.12.1915	6.1918	stricken 1928
Artémis	Q096		Arsenal de Toulon	1911	14.10.1914	1915	stricken 1927
Aréthuse	Q097		Arsenal de Toulon	1912	20.4.1916	1916	stricken 1927
Atalante, 4.1928- Atalante II	Q098		Arsenal de Toulon	1912	14.4.1915	1915	stricken 1931
Amarante	Q099		Arsenal de Toulon	1912	11.11.1915	9.1918	stricken 1925
Ariane	Q100	Q36	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1911	5.9.1914	1915	sunk 19.6.1917
Andromaque	Q101	Q37	Arsenal de Cherbourg	1912	13.2.1915	1916	stricken 1931

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	414 / 609 Amarante, Astrée: 440 / 610
Length, m	53.9
Breadth, m	5.40
Draught, m	3.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN-Schneider diesels / 2 electric motors Andromaque, Ariane: 2 MAN-Loire diesels / 2 electric motors Amphitrite: 2 MAN-Chaléessière diesels / 2 electric motors Astrée, Amarante: 2 MAN-Indret diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	800 / 700
Max speed, kts	12 - 13 / 9.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1300(10) / 100(5)
Armament	8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8) Amarante, Astrée: 8 - 450 TT (6 Drzewiecki drop-collars, 2 fwd ext cradles, 8), 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, mines
Complement	29
Diving depth operational, m

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Project history

Double-hulled submarines, built under the 1909 program. Project of M. Hutter on the basis of Brumaire. Diesels did not reach projected 1300hp power, and it became main weakness of project. Astrée and Amarante after launch were towed off to Le Havre and completed as minelayers.

Modernizations

1916 - 1917, completed and survived: + 1 x 1 - 47/50 M1902 or 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897.

Naval service

Ariane was sunk off Bizerte 19.6.1917 by a torpedo from German submarine UC22. Artémis erroneously was twice attacked by British ships and aircraft, but both times, fortunately, without success.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.