French submarine Calypso (Q126)
- Displacement
- 615 long tons (625 t)
- Length
- 62.48 m (205 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Calypso12 May 1928 — 8 December 19421,194 days of the war
- Name
- Calypso
- Pennant / hull number
- Q126
- Namesake
- Calypso, a nymph in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Laid down
- 7 February 1924
- Launched
- 28 January 1926
- Commissioned
- 12 May 1928
- Fate
- Seized by Germany 8 December 1942
Transferred to Italy 22 December 1942
Sunk 31 January 1943 (1942) - Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 615 long tons (625 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 776 long tons (788 t)
- Length
- 62.48 m (205 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 3.99 m (13.1 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Calypso was a Circé-class coastal submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number Q126. She was named for Calypso. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France on 7 February 1924. Launched on 28 January 1926, she entered service on 12 May 1928.
She was one of five ships of her class.
The boat displaced 615 long tons surfaced and 776 long tons submerged. She measured 62.5 m (205 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 41.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,194 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 8 December 1942.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel/electric
- 2 shafts
- 1200 bhp diesel (surfaced)
- 1000 shp electric (submerged)
- Armament
- 7 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Calypso (Q126) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.