Morillot class

Morillot class
General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Navy :	French Navy
Units:	8 (planned)
Boats of the class
La Guadelupe , La Martinique , Roland Morillot , La Praya , La Réunion
Technical specifications
Displacement :	over water: 1817  ts under water: 2416 ts
Length :	102.5 m
Width:	8.3 m
Draft :	4.6 m
Drive :	Diesel : 12,000  PS (8,950  kW ) Electric : 2,300 PS (1715 KW)
Speed :	surfaced: 22  kn (41  km / h ) submerged: 9 kn (17 km / h)
Driving range :	above water at 10 kn: 10,000  nm (18,520 km) under water at 5 kn: 85 nm (157 km)
Armament
Artillery :	1 × 100 mm deck gun
Air defense :	2 × 13.2 mm MG (2 × 1)
Torpedoes :	10 * 550mm torpedo tubes 14-18 torpedoes

The Morillot class was not built to end submarine - class of the French Navy . In the French type classification of the time, it was Class 1 boats. The ship class was an enlarged further development of the 1500-tonne type . Eight submarines were planned for the entire construction program, five of which were laid down between 1937 and 1939. The three boats Morillot , La Praya and La Martinique were destroyed by the French on June 23, 1940, immediately after the surrender of France , to prevent the Germans from building them further. Construction of two other boats had only begun shortly before the defeat by Germany. The construction was not continued and the orders for three more not yet laid down submarines were canceled.

The project was not continued after the end of the war.

See also

• List of French submarine classes

literature

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

Explanations

1. ↑ The French metric 550 mm standard can be converted to the internationally widespread 533 mm standard (21 inches ) with plug-in  adapters.
2. ↑ The French Navy distinguished 3 classes of submarines: 1st class boats were ocean-going boats. 2nd class boats were smaller coastal boats. 3rd class boats were mine layers .