French submarine Africaine (Q196)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Africaine.
 Model of the Africaine | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Africaine |
| Namesake: | "African" |
| Captured: | by Nazi Germany in June 1940 |
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | UF-1 |
| Acquired: | June 1940 |
| Career (France) | |
| Name: | Africaine |
| Launched: | 7 December 1946 |
| Out of service: | 1961 |
| Struck: | Broken up on 28 February 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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: |
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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.
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