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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

SUBMARINES

DORIS submarines (1944)

Doris 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Doris (ex-Vineyard) T2 888 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 8.5.1944 8.1944 to United Kingdom 1947 (Vineyard)
Morse (ex-Vortex) T3 891 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 19.8.1944 11.1944 to Denmark 1947 (Sælen)
  

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement normal, t

658 - 662 / 740

Length, m

62.3

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts) 4700(10) / 30(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 Ì2 mines)

Electronic equipment

type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

90

Project history: Ex-British submarines of U class (long hull) transferred to France in day of completing, returned after war.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Voracious 1944

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

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