Marine Nationale — Submarine
1933
French submarine Diamant (1933)
Service
- as Diamant21 June 1934 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
Saphir-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Diamant
- Pennant / hull number
- 1933
- Namesake
- Diamond
- Builder
- Arsenal de Toulon
- Laid down
- 21 July 1930
- Launched
- 18 May 1933
- Commissioned
- 21 June 1934
- Fate
- Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by German forces, then refloated by the Italians on 29 March 1943. Bombed and sunk at Toulon by Allied aircraft on 22 June 1944. (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 761 long tons (773 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 925 long tons (940 t)
- Length
- 66 m (216.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.1 m (23.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 42
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Diamant was a Saphir-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1933. She was named for Diamond. Arsenal de Toulon laid her keel on 21 July 1930. Launched on 18 May 1933, she entered service on 21 June 1934.
Her class ran to six ships.
The boat displaced 761 long tons surfaced and 925 long tons submerged. She measured 66 m (217 ft) long with a beam of 7.1 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 42.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,183 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 27 November 1942. 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
- 2 × diesel engines, 1300 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1100 hp
- Armament
- 3 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × 8 mm machine guns
- 32 × mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Diamant (1933) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://images-01.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/321/078/291_001.jpg Scanned French postcard — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons