- Aurore class submarine
The "Aurore" class submarine was a type of coastal submarines of the
French Navy .Some of the ships were captured by
Nazi Germany after theFall of France , most of them in an unbuilt state.Five of the ships, "Andromède", "Astrée", "Africaine", "Artémis" and "Créole", were completed after the war, were commissioned in the French Navy and served into the 1960s. "Andromède", "Artémis" and "Créole" were fitted with GUPPY sails and
Submarine snorkel s.Ships
* "Aurore" (Q192):Builder: Toulon:Ordered: :Launched: 1939:Fate: Scuttled during the
Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942* "Créole" (Q193):Builder: Le Havre:Ordered: :Launched: 8 June 1940:Fate: Broken up in 1961
* "Bayadère" (Q194):Builder: Le Havre:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished
* "Favorite" (Q195):Builder: Rouen:Ordered: :Launched: September 1938:Fate: taken by the Germans, scuttled in July 1944
* "Africaine" (Q196):Builder: Rouen:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1963
* "Astrée" (Q200):Builder: Nantes:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1965
* "Andromède" (Q201):Builder: Nantes:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1965
* "Antigone" (Q202):Builder: Chalon-sur-Saône:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished
* "Andromaque" (Q203):Builder: Rouen:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished
* "Artémis" (Q206):Builder: Le Havre:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1967
* "Armide" (Q207):Builder: Rouen:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished
* "Hermione" (Q211):Builder: Le Havre:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up on keel
* "Gorgone" (Q212):Builder: Le Havre:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up on keel
* "Clorinde" (Q213):Builder: Nantes:Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished
* "Cornélie" (Q214):Builder: :Ordered: :Launched::Fate: Keel never laid
External links
* [http://www.sectionrubis.fr/spip.php?rubrique9 Les sous marins de type "AURORE"]
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