Aréthuse-class submarine
The conning tower of Argonaute | |
Class overview | |
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Name: | Aréthuse class |
Operators: | French Navy |
Succeeded by: | Daphné class |
In service: | 1958–1981 |
Completed: | 4 |
Retired: | 4 |
Preserved: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Submarine |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 49.6 m (162 ft 9 in) |
Beam: | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Draft: | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
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Speed: |
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Complement: | 39 |
Armament: | 4 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes carried) |
The Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced sensors and were very quiet. They were influenced by the World War II German Type XXIII U-boat. They were always based in the Mediterranean.
The Daphné class are an enlarged version built for the French, Pakistani, Portuguese, Spanish and South African Navies.
Ships
Name | Hull no. | Launched | Completed | Decommissioned |
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Aréthuse | S635 | 9 November 1957, | 23 October 1958 | April 1979 |
Argonaute | S636 | 29 June 1957 | 11 February 1959 | 1982 preserved as a museum in the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie Paris |
Amazone | S639 | 3 April 1958 | 1 July 1959 | July 1980 |
Ariane | S640 | 12 September 1958 | 16 March 1960 | March 1981 |
All of the boats were built by the Arsenal de Cherbourg.
See also
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
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