French submarine Nymphe

Nymphe (Q133) was a French Navy commissioned in 1927. She was decommissioned in 1938 and scrapped in 1941.

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, and were manned by crews of 41 men.

Construction and commissioning

Nymphe was laid down in 1923 by Ateliers et Chantiers de la LoireSIRÈNE 2nd class submarines (1927) Accessed 8 April 2023 at Saint-Nazaire, France. Launched on 1 April 1926battleships-cruisers.co.uk Sirene Class Accessed 8 April 2023AGASM 27/05/2018 AGASM Sous marin côtier de 2ème classe ou 600 tonnes Classe Sirène 2 (in French) Accessed 8 April 2023 with the pennant number Q133, she was commissioned on 8 June 1927.

Service history Nymphe suffered serious damage in 1938;Naval Encyclopedia Sirène class (1925) Accessed 8 April 2023 sources do not describe the nature or circumstances of the damage. Apparently deemed beyond economical repair, she was decommissionedBlitzjäger FRA - Sous-Marins Accessed 8 April 2023 and stricken that year. Various sources claim she was scrapped in 1938,Conway's, p. 272. and one source states that she was scrapped in 1941. One source states that 25 June 1941 was the date of her "withdrawal or loss" and another specifies that she was scrapped "on" 25 June 1941, without indicating whether that date represents the beginning or completion of the scrapping process.

French submarine Nymphe

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