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

French submarine Oréade

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 Oréade15 December 1933 — 8 November 19421,164 days of the war
Diane-class submarine Particulars
Name
Oréade
Namesake
Oread, a mountain nymph in Greek mythology
Builder
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, France
Laid down
15 August 1929
Launched
23 May 1932
Commissioned
15 December 1933
Fate
Sunk 8 November 1942
Refloated 10 June 1943
Special reserve 29 September 1943
Condemned 26 March 1946 (1942)
Status
Wreck

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)

Oréade was a Diane-class submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. She was named for Oread. Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, France laid her keel on 15 August 1929. She entered service on 15 December 1933, having been launched on 23 May 1932.

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 sunk on 8 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 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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