French submarine Marsouin (1924)

Marsouin
History
France
NameMarsouin
BuilderBrest Arsenal
Laid down4 November 1922
Launched27 December 1924
Commissioned7 September 1927
FateEscaped from Toulon on 27 November 1942 and joined the Free French Naval Forces; disarmed at Oran in April 1944, and stricken on 28 February 1946.
General characteristics
Class and typeRequin-class submarine
Displacement
Length78.30 m (256 ft 11 in)
Beam6.84 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines, 2,900 hp (2,163 kW)
  • 2 × electric motors, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) (submerged)
Range
  • 7,700 nautical miles (14,300 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h)
  • 70 nautical miles (130 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement51 men
Armament
  • 10 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
  • 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns

The French submarine Marsouin was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in November 1922, it was launched in December 1924 and commissioned in September 1927. It escaped from Toulon on 27 November 1942 and joined the Free French Naval Forces; it was later disarmed at Oran in April 1944, and stricken on 28 February 1946.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "FR Marsouin of the French Navy - French submarine of the Requin class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Batiments ayant porté le nom de Marsouin". www.netmarine.net.
  3. ^ Fontenoy, p. 182

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