French submarine Circé (Q125)
- 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 Circé29 January 1927 — 8 December 19421,194 days of the war
- as FR11722 December 1942 — 6 May 1943135 days of the war
- Name
- Circé
- Pennant / hull number
- Q125
- Namesake
- Circe, an enchantress and minor goddess in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Ordered
- 30 June 1922
- Laid down
- 15 January 1924
- Launched
- 29 October 1925
- Commissioned
- 29 January 1927
- Fate
- Scuttled 6 May 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
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)
Circé was a Circé-class coastal submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number Q125. She was named for Circe. Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France laid her keel on 15 January 1924. She entered service on 29 January 1927, having been launched on 29 October 1925.
Five ships of the class were built.
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 served with the Marine Nationale as Circé until 8 December 1942. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as FR117 from 22 December 1942. She was in commission for 1,329 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 6 May 1943. The wreck survives.
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 Circé (Q125) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.