French submarine Astrée (Q200)


Model of the Africaine, sister-ship of the Astrée
Career (France)
Name: Astrée
Namesake: Astraea
Builder: Nantes
Captured: by Nazi Germany in June 1940
Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: UF-3
Acquired: June 1940
Career (France)
Name: Astrée
Namesake: Astraea
Out of service: 1962
Struck: 27 November 1965 as the Q404
General characteristics
Class and type: Aurore class submarine
Displacement:

900 tonnes surfaced

1,170 tonnes submerged
Length: 73.5 metres
Beam: 6.5 metres
Draught: 4.2 metres
Propulsion:

Diesel: 3,000 shp (2,237 KW)

1,400 shp (1,044 KW) electrical
Speed:

15 knots surfaced

9 knots submerged
Range:

5,600 nm a 10 knots
2250 nmi at 15 knots

80 nm submerged at 5 knots
Test depth: 100 m
Armament:

1 x 100 mm deck gun
2 x 13.2 mm machine guns

9 x 550mm torpedo tubes

The Astrée was an Aurore class submarine of the French navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans 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. The Astrée was taken out of service in 1962, and striken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.

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