French submarine Ariane (1914)

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History
France
NameAriane
Ordered8 January 1912
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down12 August 1912
Launched5 September 1914
Commissioned20 April 1916
IdentificationBudget number: Q100
FateSunk by submarine, 19 June 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeAmphitrite-class submarine
Displacement
  • 418 t (411 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 614 t (604 long tons) (submerged)
Length54 m (177 ft 2 in) (p/p)
Beam5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft3.46 m (11 ft 4 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts
Speed
  • 12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 785 nmi (1,454 km; 903 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Complement27
Armament

The French submarine Ariane was one of eight Amphitrite-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s and completed during World War I. Completed in 1916, she served in the Adriatic Sea during the war and was sunk by a German submarine the following year.