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French submarine Redoutable (1928)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Redoutable.
Redoutable
Redoutable under way in Toulon
History
France
OperatorFrench Navy
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down1 July 1925
Launched24 February 1928
Commissioned10 July 1931
FateScuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans.

Refloated by the Italians in 1943.

Sunk 11 March 1944 by Allied aircraft.
General characteristics
Class and typeRedoutable-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1572 tonnes (surfaced)
  • 2082 tonnes (submerged)
Length92.30 m (302.8 ft)
Beam8.10 m (26.6 ft)[1]
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesels, of 6,000 hp
  • 2 × electric engines of 2,250 hp
Speed
  • 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) (surfaced)
  • 10 knots (submerged)
Range
  • 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph),
  • 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
  • 100 nautical miles (190 km) at 5 knots (submerged)
Test depth80 metres
Complement
  • 5 officers (6 in operations)
  • 66 men
Armament
  • 11 torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm gun
  • 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun

Redoutable was the lead ship of the Redoutable-class submarines of the French Navy launched in 1928 at Cherbourg, France. It participated in the Second World War, first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to 1940, then on the side of the Axis for the rest of the war. She was scuttled by the French on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans during their advance on Toulon, but was then refloated by the Italians in 1943. On 11 March 1944 she was sunk by bombs from Allied aircraft.

  1. ^ "FR Redoutable of the French Navy – French Submarine of the Redoutable class – Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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