Circé-class submarine (1907)
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Circé class |
| Builders: |
Arsenal de Toulon |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Émeraude class |
| Succeeded by: |
Pluviôse class |
| Built: |
1905–09 |
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In commission: |
1909–18 |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Lost: |
2 |
| General characteristics (as built) |
| Type: |
Submarine |
| Displacement: |
- 361 t (355 long tons) (surfaced)
- 498 t (490 long tons) (submerged)
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| Length: |
47.13 m (154 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: |
4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: |
3.24 m (10 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: |
- 630 PS (460 kW; 620 bhp) (diesels)
- 360 PS (260 kW; 360 bhp) (electric motors)
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| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
- 11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) (surfaced)
- 7.7 knots (14.3 km/h; 8.9 mph) (submerged)
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| Range: |
- 2,160 nmi (4,000 km; 2,490 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
- 44 nmi (81 km; 51 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
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| Test depth: |
40 m (130 ft) |
| Complement: |
2 officers and 20 crewmen |
| Armament: |
4 × external 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo launchers (2 × forward, 2 × aft) |
The Circé-class submarines were a pair of submarines built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. One boat was sunk in a collision before the First World War and the other was torpedoed and sunk in the last year of the war.
Ships
| Ship | Laid down | Launched[1] | Completed |
| Calypso (Q48) | 1905 | 22 October 1907 | 1909 |
| Circé (Q47) | 13 September 1907 |
Notes
- ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 208
Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- 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 (1998). Des Émeraude (1905-1906) au Charles Brun (1908–1933). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French) 2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-34-3.
- 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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