Circé-class submarine (1907)

Class overview
Name:	Circé class
Builders:	Arsenal de Toulon
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Émeraude class
Succeeded by:	Pluviôse class
Built:	1905–09
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)
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)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed:	11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) (surfaced) 7.7 knots (14.3 km/h; 8.9 mph) (submerged)
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
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	Completed
Calypso (Q48)	1905	22 October 1907	1909
Circé (Q47)		13 September 1907

External links

• The Circé class on navypedia.org
• French Submarines: 1863 - Now
• Sous-marins Français 1863 - (French)