French submarine Africaine (Q196)

Africaine (Q196) ("African"[2]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Africaine.
Model of Africaine
History
France
NameAfricaine
Namesake"African"
Ordered1937
BuilderRouen
Laid downDecember 1937
FateIncomplete, captured by German in June 1940[1]
Nazi Germany
NameUF-1
AcquiredJune 1940
FateCaptured by Allies
France
NameAfricaine
Launched7 December 1946[1]
CommissionedOctober 1949[1]
Decommissioned1961
Stricken28 February 1963[1]
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeAurore-class submarine
Displacement
  • 900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • Diesel: 3000 shp (2237 KW)
  • 1400 shp (1044 KW) electrical
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots 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 (28 km/h; 17 mph)
  • 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 9 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes

Still incomplete, she 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.[1]

She 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.[1]

See also

Notes and references
  1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. Africaine is the feminine form of "African".

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