French submarine Astrée (Q200)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Astrée.
Model of Africaine, sister boat of Astrée
History
France
NameAstrée
NamesakeAstraea
Ordered1938
BuilderNantes
Laid downNovember 1938
Capturedby Nazi Germany in June 1940
FateIncomplete, captured by German in June 1940[1]
Nazi Germany
NameUF-3
AcquiredJune 1940
FateCaptured by Allies
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAstrée
NamesakeAstraea
Launched3 May 1946
CommissionedOctober 1949[1]
Decommissioned1962[1]
Stricken27 November 1965[1]
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeAurore-class submarine
Displacement
  • 900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • Diesel: 3,000 shp (2,200 kW)
  • 1,400 shp (1,000 kW) electrical
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) 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 depth100 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

Astrée was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans during World War II 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. Astrée was taken out of service in 1962, and stricken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.