Sirène-class submarine (1901)

Not to be confused with Sirène-class submarine (1925).

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.

Sirène, c. 1909
Class overview
Name	Sirène class
Builders	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Narval
Succeeded by	Morse 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

Ships

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Completed
Sirène (Q5)		4 May 1901
Triton (Q6)		13 July 1901
Espadon (Q13)		7 September 1901
Silure (Q14)		29 October 1901

See also

• List of submarines of France

Bibliography

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• 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
• 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.
• Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 190–220. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.

External links

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