French submarine Ariane (1914)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ariane.
A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
History
France
NameAriane
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Launched5 September 1914
Commissioned20 April 1916
IdentificationPennant number: Q100
FateSunk 19 June 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeAmphitrite-class submarine
Displacement
  • 424 t (417 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 614 t (604 long tons) (submerged)
Length53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 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
  • 1,300 nmi (2,400 km; 1,500 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)
Test depth40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement27 crew
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.

During World War I, Ariane was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon, French Tunisia, on 19 June 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-22.[1][2]

Divers on the wreck of Ariane with the engine compartment hatch open

The wreck of Ariane was discovered[3] by divers and identified on 21 September 2020 off Ras Adar at a depth of 50 metres (164 ft).

  1. ^ "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Ariane". Uboat.net. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Exclusif : Découverte en Tunisie, de l'épave d'un sous-marin français disparu". Réalités Online (in French). 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-27.