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CIRCÉ 2nd class submarines (1929 - 1930)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Circé Q125   Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône 2.1923 29.10.1925 6.1929 captured by Germany 8.12.1942, to Italy (FR117)
Calypso Q126   Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône 2.1923 15.1.1926 6.1929 captured by Germany 8.12.1942
Thétis Q134   Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône 7.1923 30.6.1927 6.1929 scuttled 27.11.1942
Doris Q135   Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône 7.1923 25.11.1927 1930 sunk 9.5.1940


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

615 / 776

Length, m

62.5

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

3.99

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Schneider diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1250 / 1000

Max speed, kts

14 / 7.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 60

Endurance, nm(kts)3500(7.5) / 75(5)
Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 7 - 550 TT (2 bow, 2 ext bow, 1 ext stern, 1 x 2 ext, 13)

Complement41
Diving depth operational, m80


Standard scale images


<i>Circé</i> 1940
Circé 1940


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<i>Thétis</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Thétis Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Schneider-Laubeuf type. Built under the 1922 programme. Variant of Sirène design.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Doris after diesel incapacitation was sunk 9.5.1940 by German submarine U9 at coast of Holland. Circé and Calypso were captured by Germans at Bizerte 8.12.1942 and transferred to Italians, they never been commissioned again. Circé was renamed FR117 and scuttled at Italian departure 6.5.1943. Calypso was destroyed by Allied air bombs 30.1.1943. Thétis was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942.



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