French submarine Sirène (Q123)
Sirène (Q123) was a French Navy commissioned in 1927. She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to June 1940, then in the navy of Vichy France. She was scuttled in November 1942. Characteristics The Sirène-class submarines had a displacement of surfaced and submerged. They had an endurance of at , with a maximum surface speed of , and a submerged speed of . Their armament was seven torpedo tubes (three forward, two amidships, and two aft) and carried 13 torpedoes. As with all French submarines of this period, the midships torpedo tubes were fitted externally in trainable mounts. The submarines had a single and two 8 mm machine guns. The submarines were manned by crews of 41 men. Construction and commissioning Laid down at Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire in Saint-Nazaire, France, on 28 November 1923 with the pennant number Q123, Sirène was launched on 6 August 1925. She ran her official trials from 1 September 1925 to 11 March 1926. On 1 June 1926, she was departing Brest Arsenal at Brest, France, when her steering failed and she collided with the torpedo boat . She suffered a deep tear in