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Africaine (Q196) ("African"[2]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.
 Model of Africaine
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Africaine |
| Namesake | "African" |
| Ordered | 1937 |
| Builder | Rouen |
| Laid down | December 1937 |
| Fate | Incomplete, captured by German in June 1940[1] |
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | UF-1 |
| Acquired | June 1940 |
| Fate | Captured by Allies |
| France | |
| Name | Africaine |
| Launched | 7 December 1946[1] |
| Commissioned | October 1949[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1961 |
| Stricken | 28 February 1963[1] |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Aurore-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 73.5 m (241 ft) |
| Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
| Draught | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
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| Speed |
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| Range |
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| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
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Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.[1]
She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.[1]
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ Africaine is the feminine form of "African".