French submarine Africaine (Q196)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Africaine.
Model of the Africaine
History
France
Name: Africaine
Namesake: "African"
Captured: by Nazi Germany in June 1940
Nazi Germany
Name: UF-1
Acquired: June 1940
France
Name: Africaine
Launched: 7 December 1946
Out of service: 1961
Struck: Broken up on 28 February 1963
General characteristics
Class & type: Aurore class
Displacement:
  • 900 tonnes surfaced
  • 1170 tonnes submerged
Length: 73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught: 4.2 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 depth: 100 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

Africaine (Q196) ("African"[1]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.

She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. The Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as the Q334.

Notes and references

  1. Africaine is the feminine form of "African".
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