Aréthuse-class submarine

  • Above water: 543 ts
  • Under water: 669 ts
  • Diesel power: 790 KW
  • Electric drive: 969 KW
  • Surfaced: 12.5 kn ( 23 km / h)
  • Immersed: 16 kn (30 km / h)

The Aréthuse class was a French class of hunting submarines. The submarines were built in the 1950s for the French Navy. The construction was under the influence of the German U - Boat Class XXIII.

The U- boats were used in the Mediterranean and were in service until 1981 and were replaced by the nuclear submarines of the Rubis class. The Argonaute is now a museum ship at the Parc de la Villette in Paris.

An enlarged development of the class was the end of the 1960 -built Daphne class.

Boats of the class

  • Aréthuse (S 635 ) Launched: November 9, 1957
  • Year of issue: October 23, 1958
  • Decommissioning: April 1979
  • Launched: June 29, 1957
  • Year of issue: February 11, 1959
  • Decommissioning: 1981
  • Launched: April 3rd, 1958
  • Commissioning: July 1, 1959
  • Decommissioning: July 1980
  • Launched: September 12, 1958
  • Year of issue: March 16, 1960
  • Decommissioning: March 1981
Draft (hull) Velocity Knot (unit) Rubis-class submarine Integrated Authority File
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