French submarine La Psyché (Q174)

*La Psyché*
History
France
Name	La Psyché
Namesake	Psyche, the goddess of the soul in Greek mythology
Operator	French Navy
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France
Laid down	26 December 1930
Launched	4 August 1932
Commissioned	23 December 1933
Fate	Sunk 8 November 1942; Refloated 1944; Scrapped;
General characteristics
Class and type	Diane-class submarine
Displacement	571 long tons (580 t) (surfaced); 809 long tons (822 t) (submerged);
Length	64.4 m (211 ft 3 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 x 650 hp (485 kW) Normand-Vickers diesel engines; 2 x 500 hp (373 kW) electric motors;
Speed	13.7 or 14 kn (25.4 or 25.9 km/h; 15.8 or 16.1 mph) (surfaced) (sources disagree); 9 or 9.2 kn (16.7 or 17.0 km/h; 10.4 or 10.6 mph) (submerged) (sources disagree);
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surface); 82 or 85 nmi (152 or 157 km; 94 or 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged) (sources disagree);
Test depth	80 metres (262 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 38 men
Armament	3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) bow torpedo tubes; 3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes in forward external rotating turret ; 1 × 550 mm (21.7 in) and 2 x 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes in after external rotating turret; 1 × 76.2 mm (3 in) deck gun; 1 × 13.2 mm (0.5 in) machine gun; 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns;

La Psyché (Q174) was a French Navy Diane-class submarine commissioned in 1933. 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 sunk in November 1942.

French sources sometimes refer to the submarine simply as Psyché, either instead of or interchangeably with La Psyché.

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