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This is a list of French ship Classes of World War II. This includes ship Classes used by the French Third Republic, Vichy France and Free France.The sections of the last are in chronological order with the first ships into service being first and the last ships into service being last. Due to there being three French factions in World War II I ...
When World War II began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland, Diane was part of the 14th Submarine Division — a part of the 2nd Submarine Squadron in the 6th Squadron — along with the submarines Ariane, Danaé, and Eurydice, based at Oran in Algeria. [1] France entered the war on the side of the Allies on 3 September 1939.
These could be trained to fire at various angles beyond fore and aft, but could not be re-loaded at sea. French submarines also mounted torpedoes of different calibres, typically carrying the 400mm (15.75 inch) torpedo, for use against "soft" targets such as merchant ships, as well as the 550mm (21.7 in) torpedo for use against warships. [2]
Argo was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1933. She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies from 1939 to June 1940, then in the navy of Vichy France until November 1942, and finally in the Free French Naval Forces through the end of the war.
World War II submarines of France (10 C, 99 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of France" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
During the Norwegian campaign, in May 1940, Rubis laid mines off the Norwegian coast; the boat's mines claimed four Norwegian vessels in May and June, and a further three merchant ships in July. At the time of the French surrender on 22 June 1940, the boat was in the port of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom, where the boat promptly joined ...
They made a four-month cruise in African waters in company with U-2518, a German Type XXI submarine transferred to the French Navy after World War II to allow France to assess the Type XXI's revolutionary capabilities. [31] From 1947 to 1949, Le Glorieux and Archimède carried out extensive training, first at Brest and then at Toulon.
The Redoutable-class submarines were a group of 31 submarines built between 1924 and 1937 for the French Navy.Most of the class saw service during the Second World War.The class is also known in French as the Classe 1 500 tonnes, and they were designated as "First Class submarines", or "large submarine cruisers".