Minerve class submarine

Minerve class submarine
Class overview
Completed: 6
General characteristics
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

The Minerve class submarines were a class of submarines built for the French Navy prior to World War II. The class was based on a French Admiralty design.

Submarines of the class

  • Minerve, joined the Free French Navy
  • Iris, interned in Spain during the war
  • Vénus, scuttled in Toulon in 1942
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