French submarine Diane

Sister ship Daphné underway, 1916–18
History
France
Name:	Diane
Ordered:	12 November 1912
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down:	16 August 1913
Launched:	30 September 1916
Commissioned:	25 July 1917
Identification:	Pennant number: Q107
Fate:	Sunk 11 February 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	Diane-class submarine
Displacement:	673 t (662 long tons) (surfaced) 901 t (887 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	68 m (223 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.53 m (18 ft 2 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	2 × 900 PS (660 kW; 890 hp) diesel engines 2 × 700 PS (510 kW; 690 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (surfaced) 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (submerged)
Range:	2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement:	34 crew
Armament:	2 × internal bow 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 × external bow 450 mm torpedo tubes 2 × external stern 450 mm torpedo tubes 4 × single external 450 mm rotating torpedo launchers

The French submarine Diane was the lead ship of her class of two submarines built for the French Navy during World War I.

On 11 February 1918, Diane suffered an internal explosion in the Bay of Biscay off La Pallice, Vendée, France, and sank with the loss of her entire crew of 43.^[1]

Notes

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 (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8. 
• 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. 

External links

• Diane class on navypedia.org

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1918
Shipwrecks	1 Feb: HMS E50 4 Feb: Aurania, SM UC-50 5 Feb: Tuscania 6 Feb: Glenartney 8 Feb: HMS Boxer, SM UB-38 11 Feb: Diane 12 Feb: SM U-89 20 Feb: Linz 21 Feb: USS Gallup, SM U-23 23 Feb: Florizel 26 Feb: USS Cherokee, HMHS Glenart Castle Unknown date: Bernouilli
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