French submarine Astrée (Q200)

Astrée was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

Model of Africaine, sister boat of Astrée
History
France
Name	Astrée
Namesake	Astraea
Ordered	1938
Builder	Nantes
Laid down	November 1938
Captured	by Nazi Germany in June 1940
Fate	Incomplete, captured by German in June 1940[1]
Nazi Germany
Name	UF-3
Acquired	June 1940
Fate	Captured by Allies
France
Name	Astrée
Namesake	Astraea
Launched	3 May 1946
Commissioned	October 1949[1]
Decommissioned	1962[1]
Stricken	27 November 1965[1]
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Aurore-class submarine
Displacement	900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length	73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel: 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) 1,400 shp (1,000 kW) 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 (28 km/h; 17 mph) 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 metres (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 during World War II in June 1940. She was renamed UF-3 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France. She was recaptured and completed under her original name. Astrée was taken out of service in 1962, and stricken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.[1]