French submarine Favorite (Q195)
![](../I/m/L'Africaine_submarine_model.jpg) Model of the Africaine (Q196), sister-ship of the Favorite |
History |
France
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Name: |
Favorite |
Namesake: |
"Favourite" |
Builder: |
Rouen |
Laid down: |
1937 |
Launched: |
September 1938 |
Captured: |
by Nazi Germany in June 1940 |
Nazi Germany
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Name: |
UF-2 |
Acquired: |
June 1940 |
Commissioned: |
May 1941 |
Decommissioned: |
5 July 1944 |
Fate: |
scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945. |
General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Aurore class submarine |
Displacement: |
- 818 tonnes (805 long tons) surfaced
- 1,078 tonnes (1,061 long tons) submerged
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Length: |
73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) o/a |
Beam: |
6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) o/a |
Draught: |
4.57 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion: |
- Diesel: 3000 shp (2237 KW)
- 1400 shp (1044 KW) electrical
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Speed: |
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
- 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
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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
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Test depth: |
100 metres (330 ft) |
Complement: |
3 officers, 37 enlisted |
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
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The Favorite ("Favourite") was an Aurore class submarine of the French Navy. She was captured by the Germans in June 1940 and recommissioned in the Kriegsmarine as UF-2 in May 1941.
Career
The Favorite was laid down in 1937 in Rouen, and launched in September 1938. She never participated in any patrols with the French Navy.
After her capture, she was commissioned into Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine on 5 November 1942 and used as a training ship in the 5th Flotilla (Kiel) from November 1942 to October 1943, as well as in the U-Abwehrschule (Bergen), from November 1943 to July 1944.
She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944, and scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945.
Commanders
The submarine was initially commanded by Korvettenkapitän Georg Lange, who served from November 1942 to October 1943. He lost command due to the loss of the boat. Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Gehrken, served from the time Georg Lange lost the boat, until July 1944.
References
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel (London: Conway Maritime Press). ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "UF-2". German U-boats of World War II - Uboat.net.
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