Le Redoutable class submarine (1931)
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For the nuclear submarine class, see Le Redoutable class submarine
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Redoutable |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Subclasses: | Redoutable Espoir |
| Completed: | 31 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: |
1500 tonnes (surfaced) |
| Length: | 92.30 metres |
| Beam: | 8.2 metres |
| Draught: | 4.9 metres |
| Propulsion: |
2 diesels, of 4,300 hp |
| Speed: |
17 knots (surfaced) |
| Range: |
14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h), |
| Test depth: | 80 meters |
| Complement: |
5 officers (6 in operations) |
| Armament: |
11 torpedo tubes |
| Notes: |
Ships in class include: Achéron (Q150), Achille (Q147), Actéon (Q149), Agosta (Q178), Ajax (Q148), Archimède (Q142), Argo (Q151), Bévéziers (Q179), Casabianca (Q183), Centaure (Q169), Conquérant (Q171), Espoir (Q167), Fresnel (Q143), Glorieux (Q168), Henri Poincaré (Q140), Héros (Q170), Monge (Q144), Ouessant (Q140), Pascal (Q138), Persée (Q154), Phénix (Q157), Poncelet (Q141), Prométhée (Q153), Protée (Q155), Le Redoutable (Q136), Sfax (Q182), Sidi Ferruch (Q181), Tonnant (Q172), Vengeur (Q137) |
The Redoutable class submarines was oceanic submarines of the French Navy during the Second World War. They were officially called "Long patrol submarines"[1], or "Type 1 submarines" [2].
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- ^ Sous-marins de grande patrouille
- ^ Type 1 was oceanic submarines; type 2 was coastal submarines; and type 3 was mine layers
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