French submarine Caïman

The French submarine Caïman was a built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in August 1924, it was launched in March 1927 and commissioned in February 1928. On 9 June, Caïman narrowly missed the British light cruiser off Syria. It was scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans, then raised in February 1943. It was sunk again on 11 March 1944 by Allied aircraft.

Design

long, with a beam of and a draught of, Requin-class submarines could dive up to. The submarine had a surfaced displacement of and a submerged displacement of. Propulsion while surfaced was provided by two diesel motors and two electric motors. The submarines' electrical propulsion allowed it to attain speeds of while submerged and on the surface. Their surfaced range was at, and at, with a submerged range of at.