French submarine Nautilus (1930)

Sister ship Diamant, date unknown
History
France
Name	Nautilus
Namesake	Nautilus
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	8 August 1927
Launched	20 March 1930
Commissioned	15 July 1931
Fate	Captured at Bizerte, Tunisia on 8 December 1942 by Italian forces, sunk there during an Allied air raid on 31 January 1943. Raised but not repaired, then stricken on 12 August 1947.
General characteristics
Class and type	Saphir-class submarine
Displacement	761 long tons (773 t) (surfaced) 925 long tons (940 t) (submerged)
Length	66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 1,300 hp (969 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,100 hp (820 kW)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h) (surfaced) 9 knots (17 km/h) (submerged)
Range	7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) 80 nautical miles (150 km) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h) (submerged)
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	42
Armament	3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 75 mm (3.0 in) deck gun 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns 32 × mines

The French submarine Nautilus was a Saphir-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1930s. Laid down in August 1927, it was launched in March 1930 and commissioned in July 1931. Nautilus was disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia and captured there on 8 December 1942 by Italian forces. On 31 January 1943, it was sunk at Bizerte during an Allied air raid. Nautilus was raised but not repaired and finally stricken on 12 August 1947.^[1][2]