Overview
Doris was a Circé-class coastal submarine of the French Navy, in service from 1928 until May 1940, when she was sunk off the Dutch coast by the German coastal submarine . The wreck was rediscovered by Dutch divers in 2003.
Construction and commissioning
Doris was ordered as part of the 1923 naval program. Laid down by Chantiers de la Gironde at Bordeaux, France, on 1 February 1924 with the pennant number Q135, Doris was launched on either 25 or 26 November 1927, according to different sources. Sources disagree on her commissioning date, some claiming that she was commissioned on 26 May 1928 and one that she began her official acceptance tests that day and was not commissioned until 10 January 1930, when she was at Toulon, France.
Service history
When World War II began with Nazi Germany′s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, Doris was part of the 13th Submarine Division of the 5th Submarine Squadron in the 1st Flotilla of the 2nd Squadron along with her sister ships , , and at Toulon. France entered the war on 3 September 1939.
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