Marine Nationale — Submarine
French submarine Thétis
- 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 ThétisJune 1929 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
Circé-class coastal submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Thétis
- Namesake
- Thetis, a sea nymph in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Bordeaux, France
- Laid down
- 1 February 1924
- Launched
- 30 June 1927
- Commissioned
- June 1929
- Fate
- Scuttled 27 November 1942
Seized by Germany
Transferred to Italy
Refloated 1 March 1943
Seized by Germany September 1943
Transferred to Vichy France 4 July 1944
Sank 6 August 1944
Refloated September 1945
Scrapped (1942) - 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)
Thétis was a Circé-class coastal submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She was named for Thetis. Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Bordeaux, France laid her keel on 1 February 1924. She entered service in June 1929, having been launched on 30 June 1927.
Her class ran to five ships.
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 1,183 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
- 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 Thétis on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.