L'Africaine (Q 196)
L'Africaine (Q 196) UF 1 |
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General data | |
Ship type : | Submarine |
Ship class : | L'Aurore class |
Navy : | |
Commissioning: | December 7, 1946 |
Builder : | Ch. Worms ( Rouen ) |
Whereabouts: | Decommissioned in 1961 , scrapped in 1963 . |
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Technical specifications
(see L'Aurore class ) |
The L'Africaine (Q 196) was a French submarine of L'Aurore class . After the armistice of Compiègne in June 1940, the boat under construction fell into the hands of the German Navy . The submarine was renamed UF 1 on May 13, 1941 , but was not completed.
After the war ended in 1945, the boat was completed and used by the French Navy until 1961 .
L'Africaine was scrapped in 1963.
See also
literature
- Erminio Bagnasco: U-Boats in World War II. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9 .
Web links
- L'Aurore class at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk ( Engl. )
- in uboat.net (information about the three German loot boats of the L'Aurore class) ( Memento from January 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)