La Favorite (Q 195)
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| General data | |
| Ship type : | Submarine |
| Ship class : | L'Aurore class |
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| Launch : | September 1938 |
| Commissioning: | November 5, 1942 |
| Builder : | Ch. Worms ( Rouen ) |
| Whereabouts: | On 5. July 1944 dropped |
| Sister ships | |
| L'Africaine , L'Andromède , L'Artémis , L'Astrée , L'Aurore , La Créole , La Favorite | |
| Technical specifications
(see L'Aurore class ) |
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The La Favorite (Q 195) was a French submarine of L'Aurore class . After the French surrender in June 1940, the boat under construction fell into the hands of the German Navy . The submarine was renamed UF 2 on May 13, 1941 . The La Favorite / UF 2 was completed and officially put into service on November 5, 1942 as the first submarine of the L'Aurore class . The Navy used the submarine in the Baltic Sea as a training boat .
The La Favorite / UF 2 sank on July 5, 1944. The last German commandant was First Lieutenant Heinrich Gehrken. The submarine was scrapped in Gotenhafen in 1945 .
See also
Web links
- L'Aurore class at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk ( English )
- UF-2 in uboat.net (information about the three German loot boats of the L'Aurore class) (English)
literature
- Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II. (Technology - Classes - Types. A Comprehensive Encyclopedia). 5th edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9 .