L'Andromède (Q 201)

L'Andromède (Q 201) UF 3
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	L'Aurore class
Navy :	French Navy Navy
Commissioning:	November 7, 1949
Builder :	A & Ch. Dubigeon ( Nantes )
Whereabouts:	Sold for scrapping in 1965
Sister ships
L'Africaine , L'Andromède , L'Artémis , L'Astrée , L'Aurore , La Créole , La Favorite
Technical specifications (see L'Aurore class )

The L'Andromède (Q 201) 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 3 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 the 1960s .

The L'Andromède was sold for scrapping in 1965.

See also

• List of submarines confiscated or captured by Germany

Web links

• L'Aurore class at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk ( Engl. )
• UF 3 in uboat.net (information about the three German loot boats of the L'Aurore class) (English)

literature

• Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9

Explanations

1. ↑ The sources are contradicting itself. The uboat.net names the sister boat L'Astrée as UF 3 . Erminio Bagnasco are in submarines in World War 2 , the L'Andromède as the French name of UF 3 to.