French submarine Créole (Q193)

Créole (Q193) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Créole.
Model of the Africaine, sister ship of the Créole
History
France
NameCréole
Namesake"Creol"
BuilderLe Havre
Laid down1937
Launched8 June 1940
Commissioned1 April 1949
FateScrapped 1963
General characteristics
Class and type Aurore-class submarine
Displacement
  • 900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length73.5 m (241 ft 2 in)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel: 2,200 kW (3,000 shp)
  • 1,000 kW (1,400 shp) electrical
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
  • 5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 2,250 nmi (4,170 km; 2,590 mi) at 15 knots
  • 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) submerged at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
  • 9 × 550 mm torpedo tubes

Construction and career

The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea. On 1 July 1940, she was taken in British custody during Operation Catapult.[1]

The Créole was completed after the war and commissioned in the French Navy on 1 April 1949. Her silhouette was departed from the pre-war design, with a modified sail and a schnorchel. The Créole took part in the Suez Crisis, and sustained damage in a friendly fire incident with airplanes from the aircraft carrier Arromanches.

On 23 March 1962, she collided with the Sidi Ferruch, off Toulon, severely damaging her sail plan.

The boat was eventually decommissioned and broken up in 1963.

See also

References
  1. "Battle of Britain July 1940".
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