Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Submarine

French submarine La Psyché

Diane-class submarine

Displacement
571 long tons (580 t)
Length
64.4 m (211.3 ft)
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Complement
41
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as La Psyché23 December 1933 — 8 November 19421,164 days of the war
Diane-class submarine Particulars
Name
La Psyché
Namesake
Psyche, the goddess of the soul in Greek mythology
Builder
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France
Laid down
26 December 1930
Launched
4 August 1932
Commissioned
23 December 1933
Fate
Sunk 8 November 1942
Refloated 1944
Scrapped (1942)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
571 long tons (580 t)
Displacement, submerged
809 long tons (822 t)
Length
64.4 m (211.3 ft)
Beam
6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught
4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Range
4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
Complement
41
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

La Psyché was a Diane-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after Psyche. Her keel was laid at Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France on 26 December 1930. Launched on 4 August 1932, she entered service on 23 December 1933.

She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the 600 Series submarines and was succeeded by the Orion-class submarine.

The boat displaced 571 long tons surfaced and 809 long tons submerged. She measured 64.4 m (211 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). She carried a complement of 41.

Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,164 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 8 November 1942.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 x 650 hp Normand-Vickers diesel engines
  • 2 x 500 hp electric motors
Armament
  • 3 × 550 mm bow torpedo tubes
  • 3 × 550 mm torpedo tubes in forward external rotating turret
  • 1 × 550 mm and 2 x 400 mm torpedo tubes in after external rotating turret
  • 1 × 76.2 mm deck gun
  • 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun
  • 2 × 8 mm machine guns

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