French submarine Africaine (Q196)
Africaine (Q196) ("African"[1]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.
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Name | Africaine |
Namesake | "African" |
Captured | by Germany June 1940 |
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Name | UF-1 |
Acquired | June 1940 |
Captured | by Allies |
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Name | Africaine |
Launched | 7 December 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1961 |
Stricken | 28 February 1963 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aurore-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 73.5 m (241 ft) |
Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Draught | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
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Still incomplete, the boat was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.
The boat was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.
See also
Notes and references
- Africaine is the feminine form of "African".
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