French submarine Ariane (1914)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ariane.

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.

A colorized postcard of sister ship Andromaque
History
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 (640 bhp; 480 kW) diesel engines 2 × 350 PS (350 shp; 260 kW) 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 × 75 mm (3 in) Or 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss deck gun

During World War I, Ariane was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon, French Tunisia, on 19 June 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-22.

Divers on the wreck of Ariane with the engine compartment hatch open

The wreck of Ariane was discovered by divers and identified on 21 September 2020 off Ras Adar at a depth of 50 metres (164 ft).

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