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{{other ships|French ship Ariane}}
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|Ship caption=A colorized postcard of [[sister ship]] {{ship|French submarine|Andromaque|1915|2}}
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|Ship country=France
|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|France|naval}}
|Ship name=''Ariane''
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|Ship builder=[[Arsenal de Cherbourg]]
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|Ship launched=5 September 1914
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|Ship commissioned=20 April 1916  
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: Q100
|Ship fate=Sunk  19 June 1917 
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|Header caption=(as built)
|Ship class={{sclass|Amphitrite|submarine}}
|Ship displacement=*{{Cvt|424|t|LT|0|lk=on}} (surfaced)
* {{Convert|614|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} (submerged)
|Ship length={{convert|53.95|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[o/a]])
|Ship beam={{convert|5.41|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (deep)
|Ship draft={{convert|3.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*2 × {{convert|650|PS|bhp kW|lk=on|abbr=on}} [[diesel engine]]s
*2 × {{convert|350|PS|shp kW|abbr=on}} [[electric motor]]s
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|12|-|13|kn|lk=in}} (surfaced)
* {{convert|9.5|kn}} (submerged)
|Ship range=*{{convert|1300|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} (surfaced)
* {{convert|100|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} (submerged)
|Ship test depth={{convert|40|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=27 crew
|Ship armament=* 2 × {{convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} external [[torpedo launcher]]s
*6 × single 450&nbsp;mm [[Drzewiecki drop collar]]s
*1 × [[Canon de 75 modèle 1897#Naval and coastal artillery|{{cvt|75|mm|in|0}}]] '''Or'''
*1 × [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|{{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] [[Hotchkiss gun|Hotchkiss]] [[deck gun]]
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The '''French submarine ''Ariane''''' was one of eight {{sclass|Amphitrite|submarine}}s built for the [[French Navy]] during the 1910s and completed during [[World War I]].

During [[World War I]], ''Ariane'' was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Cape Bon|Cap Bon]], [[French Tunisia]], on 19 June 1917 by the [[Imperial German Navy]] submarine {{SMU|UC-22}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyFrench.htm |title=French Navy |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/441.html |title=Ariane |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Epave du sous-marin l'Ariane (Q100).jpg|thumb|Divers on the wreck of ''Ariane'' with the engine compartment hatch open]]
The wreck of ''Ariane'' was discovered<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-26|title=Exclusif : Découverte en Tunisie, de l’épave d’un sous-marin français disparu|url=https://www.realites.com.tn/2020/09/exclusif-decouvre-en-tunisie-de-lepave-dun-sous-marin-francais-disparu/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=Réalités Online|language=fr-FR}}</ref> by divers and identified on 21 September 2020 off [[Ras Adar]] at a depth of {{convert|50|m}}.

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=A l'épreuve de la Grande Guerre|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=3–2|year=2002|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-81-5|language=French}}
*{{cite book|last=Garier|first=Gérard|title=Des ''Clorinde'' (1912-1916) aux ''Diane'' (1912–1917)|series=L'odyssée technique et humaine du sous-marin en France|volume=3-1|year=2000|publisher=Marines édition|location=Bourg-en-Bresse, France|isbn=2-909675-54-8|language=French}}
* {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter=Classement par types |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |publisher=Roche |location=Toulon}}

==External links==
* [http://www.navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_ss_amphitrite.htm ''Amphitrite'' class on navypedia.org]

{{Amphitrite-class submarine}}
{{June 1917 shipwrecks}}

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