French submarine Ariane

History
A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
France
Name:	Ariane
Builder:	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Launched:	5 September 1914
Commissioned:	20 April 1916
Identification:	Pennant number: Q100
Fate:	Sunk, 19 June 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Amphitrite-class submarine
Displacement:	424 t (417 long tons) (surfaced) 614 t (604 long tons) (submerged)
Length:	53.95 m (177 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) (deep)
Draft:	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	2 650 PS (480 kW; 640 hp) diesel engines 2 350 PS (260 kW; 350 hp) electric motors
Propulsion:	2 shafts
Speed:	12–13 knots (22–24 km/h; 14–15 mph) (surfaced) 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) (submerged)
Range:	1,300 nmi (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced) 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)
Test depth:	40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Complement:	27 crew
Armament:	2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) external torpedo launchers 6 × single 450 mm Drzewiecki drop collars 1 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

The French submarine Ariane was one of eight Amphitrite-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1910s and completed during World War I.

During World War I, Ariane was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Bizerta, French Tunisia, on 19 June 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-22.^[1]^[2]

Notes

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Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
Garier, Gérard (2002). A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre. L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–2. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-81-5.
Garier, Gérard (2000). Des Clorinde (1912-1916) aux Diane (1912–1917). L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France (in French). 3–1. Bourg-en-Bresse, France: Marines édition. ISBN 2-909675-54-8.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

Amphitrite-class submarine

Amphitrite Astrée Artémis Aréthuse Atalante Amarante Ariane Andromaque

Preceded by: Gustave Zédé class Followed by: Bellone class List of submarine classes of the French Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1917

Shipwrecks	4 Jun: HMT Southland 7 Jun: SM UC-29 12 Jun: SM UC-66 13 Jun: USS McCulloch 15 Jun: Kristianiafjord 19 Jun: Ariane 20 Jun: USS Gypsy 22 Jun: HSwMS Claes Uggla 27 Jun: Doxa, Kléber, Ultonia 30 Jun: HMS Cheerful, Leytenant Zatsarenni

Other incidents	10 Jun: HMS Grafton 13 Jun: USS Amphitrite, Manchuria 15 Jun: USS Olympia 17 Jun: HMS Tartar

1916 1917 1918 May 1917 July 1917

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