French submarine Orion

*Orion*
History
France
Name	Orion
Namesake	Orion, a giant huntsman in Greek mythology
Ordered	December 1927
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France
Laid down	9 July 1929
Launched	21 April 1931
Commissioned	5 July 1932
Fate	Seized by United Kingdom 3 July 1940; Cannibalized for spare parts; Stricken April 1943 or 26 March 1946 (see text); Scrapped;
General characteristics
Class and type	Orion-class submarine
Displacement	558 long tons (567 t) (surfaced); 787 long tons (800 t) (submerged);
Length	67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × Sulzer diesel engines, 1,400 hp (1,044 kW); 2 × electric motors, 1,000 hp (746 kW);
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced); 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged);
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); 82 nautical miles (152 km; 94 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged);
Test depth	80 m (262 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 38 enlisted men
Armament	6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; ; 2 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes; 1 × 76 mm (3.0 in) gun M1; 1 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine gun; 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun;

Orion (Q165) was a French Navy submarine commissioned in 1932. She served during World War II until she was seized by the United Kingdom in July 1940. She subsequently was cannibalized for spare parts, then stricken and scrapped.

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