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.
A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
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Name | Ariane |
Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
Launched | 5 September 1914 |
Commissioned | 20 April 1916 |
Identification | Pennant number: Q100 |
Fate | Sunk 19 June 1917 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Amphitrite-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts |
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Range |
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Test depth | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Complement | 27 crew |
Armament |
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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]
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).