French submarine Vénus (1936)

Career (France)
Name: Vénus
Builder: Chantiers Worms
Laid down: 27 June 1932
Launched: 6 April 1935
Commissioned: 15 November 1936
Fate: scuttled on 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type: Minerve-class submarine
Type: submarine
Displacement: surfaced 662 tons
submerged 856 tons
Length: 68,1 m
Beam: 5,6 m
Draught: 4,0 m
Propulsion: 2 x diesels (1,800 bhp)
2 x electric motors (1,230 shp)
Speed: surfaced 14,2 knots
submerged 9 knots

Vénus was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy. On 27 November 1942 she was scuttled in Toulon with other ships and submarines to prevent falling into German hands.