French submarine Danaé

*Danaé*
	Danaé′s sister ship Ariane in 1930.
History
France
Name	Danaé
Namesake	Danaë, a princess in Greek mythology
Operator	French Navy
Ordered	1923
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France
Laid down	3 July 1923
Launched	13 September 1927
Commissioned	1 November 1929
Fate	Scuttled 9 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Ariane-class submarine
Displacement	626 long tons (636 t) (surfaced); 787 long tons (800 t) (submerged);
Length	64 or 65.98 m (210 ft 0 in or 216 ft 6 in) (sources disagree)
Beam	4.92 or 6.2 m (16 ft 2 in or 20 ft 4 in) (sources disagree)
Draft	3.82 or 4.1 m (12 ft 6 in or 13 ft 5 in) (sources disagree)
Propulsion	2 x 600 hp (447 kW) Vickers diesel engines; 2 x 500 hp (373 kW) electric motors;
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced); 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) (submerged);
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) (surface); 75 nmi (139 km; 86 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Test depth	80 m (262 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 38 men
Armament	7 x 21.7 in (550 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow/1 stern) or (3 internal bow/2 rotating external bow/2 stern) (sources disagree); 1 x 75 mm (2.95 in) deck gun; 1 or 2 x 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns (sources disagree);

Danaé (Q131) was a French Navy Ariane-class submarine commissioned in 1929. During World War II, she operated on the Allied side until 1940, when she became part of the naval forces of Vichy France. She was scuttled in November 1942.

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