French submarine Astrée (Q200)

Model of the Africaine, sister-ship of the Astrée
History
France
Name:	Astrée
Namesake:	Astraea
Builder:	Nantes
Captured:	by Nazi Germany in June 1940
Nazi Germany
Name:	UF-3
Acquired:	June 1940
France
Name:	Astrée
Namesake:	Astraea
Out of service:	1962
Struck:	27 November 1965 as the Q404
General characteristics
Class & type:	Aurore class submarine
Displacement:	900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length:	73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam:	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught:	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:	Diesel: 3,000 shp (2,237 KW) 1,400 shp (1,044 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 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth:	100 metres (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

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 stricken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.

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