French submarine Africaine (Q196) explained

Africaine (Q196) ("African"^[1]) was an of the French Navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.^[2]

She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.^[2]

See also

• List of submarines of France

Notes and References

1. Africaine is the feminine form of "African".
2. Web site: Foreign U-boats UF-2 . Helgason . Guðmundur . German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net . 28 July 2013.