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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

BOUAN submarine (1941 / 1945)

Bouan 1947

Bouan 1954

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bouan (ex-U510) E15, later- S11, 1950- S612 306 Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany 11.1940 4.9.1941 11/1941 // 5.1945 BU 1958

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1120 / 1232

Length, m

76.8

Breadth, m

6.76

Draught, m

4.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels / 2 SSW electric motors

Power, h. p.

4400 / 1000

Max speed, kts

18.2 / 7.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil 208

Endurance, nm(kts) 13450(10) / 63(4)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 22)

Electronic equipment FuMO 29 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG sonar
Complement

48

Diving depth operational, m 100

Project history: Ex-German submarine of IXC series transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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