French submarine Saphir (1928)

sister ship Diamant, date unknown
History
France
Name	Saphir
Namesake	Sapphire
Operator	French Navy
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	25 May 1926
Launched	20 December 1928
Commissioned	30 September 1930
Fate	Seized by Axis forces 8 December 1942
Italy
Name	FR 112
Acquired	8 December 1942
Fate	Captured and scuttled by German forces on 15 September 1943
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 Saphir was the lead ship of the Saphir-class submarines built for the French Navy in the mid-1930s. Laid down in May 1926, it was launched in December 1928 and commissioned in September 1930. Saphir was disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia and renamed FR 112 after being captured there by Italian forces on 8 December 1942. Saphir was seized and scuttled by German forces at Naples, Italy on 15 September 1943.^[1][2]