Sirène-class submarine (1901)

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

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	1 × du Temple boiler 250 ihp (190 kW) (steam engine) 100 bhp (75 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion	1 × shaft; 1 × triple-expansion steam engine 1 × electric motor
Speed	9.75 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.2 mph) (surfaced) 5.6 knots (10.4 km/h; 6.4 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 collars

The Sirène class consisted 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.

Ships

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Sirène (Q5)	28 August 1900	4 May 1901	14 December 1901
Triton (Q6)		13 July 1901	1 June 1902
Espadon (Q13)	1900	7 September 1901	21 July 1902
Silure (Q14)		29 October 1901	1 June 1902

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.). Du Plongeur (1863) aux Guêpe (1904) [From Plongeur (1863) to Guêpe (1904)]. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). Vol. 1. 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 [The Test of the Great War]. 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). 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)