French submarine Africaine (Q196)

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Model of Africaine
History
France
Name	Africaine
Namesake	"African"
Captured	by Germany in June 1940
Germany
Name	UF-1
Acquired	June 1940
France
Name	Africaine
Launched	7 December 1946
Out of service	1961
Stricken	Broken up on 28 February 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	Aurore-class submarine
Displacement	900 tonnes surfaced 1170 tonnes submerged
Length	73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel: 3000 shp (2237 KW) 1400 shp (1044 KW) electrical
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 9 knots 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 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (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

Africaine (Q196) ("African"^[1]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

Still incomplete, the boat was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.

The boat was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.

See also[]

• List of submarines of France

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