She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to June 1940, then in the navy of Vichy France.

As with all French submarines of this period, the midships torpedo tubes were fitted externally in trainable mounts.

Laid down at Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire in Saint-Nazaire, France, on 28 November 1923[1] with the pennant number Q124, Naïade was launched on 20 October 1925.

In the years before World War II, three of Naïade's crewmen disappeared while she was at sea.

[2] World War II began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, and when France entered the war on 3 September, Sirène was a unit of the 19th Submarine Division at Toulon, France, with the submarines Sirène, Galatée, and Argonaute.

[4] Unable get underway when Germany and Italy occupied the Free Zone (French: Zone libre) of Vichy France on 27 November 1942, Naïade was among the French vessels scuttled at Toulon to prevent their seizure by Germany when German forces entered Toulon that day.