French submarine Favorite (Q195)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Favorite.

A model of Africaine, sister ship of Favorite
History
France
Name	Favorite
Namesake	"Favourite"
Ordered	1937
Builder	Rouen
Laid down	December 1937
Launched	September 1938
Fate	Incomplete, captured by Germans in June 1940[1]
Nazi Germany
Name	UF-2
Acquired	June 1940
Commissioned	5 November 1942
Decommissioned	5 July 1944
Fate	Scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Aurore-class submarine
Displacement	818 t (805 long tons) surfaced 1,078 t (1,061 long tons) submerged
Length	73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) o/a
Beam	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) o/a
Draught	4.57 m (15 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Diesel: 2,200 kW (3,000 shp) Electrical: 1,000 kW (1,400 shp)
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range	5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 37 enlisted
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
Service record as UF-2[1]
Part of:	5th U-boat Flotilla November 1942 – August 1943 U-boat Defense School August 1943 – July 1944
Identification codes:	M 50 058
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Georg Lange[3] 5 November 1942 – October 1943 Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Gehrken[4] October 1943 – 5 July 1944
Operations:	None
Victories:	None

Favorite was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy. The boat was captured by the German in June 1940 and renamed UF-2 on 13 May 1941.[1]

Career

Favorite was laid down in December 1937 in Rouen, and launched in September 1938. She never participated in any patrols with the French Navy.

After her capture, she was commissioned into Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine on 5 November 1942 and used as a training ship in the 5th Flotilla (Kiel) from November 1942 to August 1943, as well as in the U-Abwehrschule (Bergen), from August 1943 to July 1944. She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944, and scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945.[1]

See also

• List of submarines of France

References

1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
2. Gröner 1991, pp. 106–107.
3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Lange". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
4. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinrich Gehrken". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Bibliography

• Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
• Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
• Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "UF-2". German U-boats of World War II - Uboat.net.