Aurore-class submarine explained

The Aurore class was a class of fifteen coastal submarines designed for the French Navy. The prototype – Aurore – was authorised in 1934, the next four in 1937, a further four in 1938, two in 1938, and a final four subsequently. Some of the ships were captured by Nazi Germany after the Fall of France, most of them in an unfinished state; two were intended to be completed for the German Navy, Africaine becoming UF-1 and Favorite becoming UF-2, but only the first was completed during the World War II, the second reverting to French control while still uncompleted.

Five of the submarines,,,, and, were completed after the war, were commissioned in the French Navy and served into the 1960s. Andromède, Artémis and Créole were fitted with GUPPY sails and submarine snorkels.

Ships

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 1934

Laid down: December 1935

Launched: 26 July 1939

Fate: Scuttled during the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon on 27 November 1942

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1937

Laid down: December 1937

Launched: 8 June 1940

Fate: Broken up in 1961

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1937

Laid down: December 1937

Launched: -

Fate: Broken up in June 1940 still on keel, never finished

Builder: Rouen

Ordered: 1937

Laid down: December 1937

Launched: September 1938

Fate: Taken by the German, becoming UF-2; scuttled in 1945 at Gotenhafen

Builder: Rouen

Ordered: 1937

Laid down: December 1937

Launched:7 December 1946

Fate: Broken up in 1963

Builder: Nantes

Ordered: 1938

Laid down: November 1938

Launched: 3 May 1946

Fate: Broken up in 1965

Builder: Nantes

Ordered: 1938

Laid down: November 1938

Launched: 17 November 1949

Fate: Broken up in 1965

Builder: Chalon-sur-Saône

Ordered: 1938

Laid down: November 1938

Launched: -

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

Builder: Rouen

Ordered: 1938

Laid down: November 1938

Launched: -

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1939

Laid down: May 1939

Launched: 28 June 1942

Fate: Broken up in 1967

Builder: Rouen

Ordered: 1938

Laid down: May 1939

Launched: -

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1939

Launched:

Fate: Broken up on keel while only 8% built

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up on keel while only 5% built

Builder: Nantes

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

Builder:

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Keel never laid

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