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Name | Perle |
Namesake | Pearl |
Builder | Arsenal de Toulon, Toulon, France |
Laid down | 1931 |
Launched | 30 July 1935 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1937 |
Fate | Sunk 8 July 1944 |
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Class and type | Saphir-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 66 m (216 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (262 ft) |
Complement | 42 |
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Perle was a Saphir-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1930s. Laid down in 1931, she was launched in July 1935 and commissioned in March 1937. In November 1942, after Operation Torch, Perle joined the Allied fleet. While returning from refitting in the United States, Perle was mistaken for a U-boat by an aircraft from the British Merchant Aircraft Carrier Empire MacCallum and sunk.