FR111 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| FR111 (ex-Phoque) | Arsenal de Brest, France | 1924 | 16.3.1926 | 5.1928 // 1.1943 | sunk 28.2.1943 | ||
| FR113 (ex-Requin) | Arsenal de Cherbourg, France | 1923 | 19.7.1924 | 5.1926 // --- | scuttled under incomplete conversion 9.9.1943 | ||
| FR114 (ex-Espadon) | Arsenal de Toulon, France | 1924 | 28.5.1926 | 12.1927 // --- | scuttled under incomplete conversion 13.9.1943 | ||
| FR115 (ex-Dauphin) | Arsenal de Toulon, France | 1923 | 2.4.1925 | 11.1927 // --- | scuttled under incomplete conversion 15.9.1943 |
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Displacement standard, t |
947 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1150 / 1441 |
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Length, m |
78.3 |
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Breadth, m |
6.84 |
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Draught, m |
5.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Sulzer or Schneider diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
2900 / 1800 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 116 + 51 in ballast tanks = 167 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7700(9) / 70(5) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 13.2/76 |
| Military load | 50 t of dry cargo + 145 t of petrol |
| Complement | 51 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Project history: After Allied landing in the North Africa in November, 1942 German troops captured French ships based at Bizerte and transferred nine submarines to Italy in December, 1942.
French Requin class submarines Phoque, Requin, Espadon and Dauphin, renamed FR111, FR113, FR114 and FR115 respectively. At once they were put on conversion to transports. All original armament was removed, only two 13.2mm AA MGs were left only. Submarines could carry 50t of dry cargo and 145t of fuel. Only FR111 was commissioned by Italians. Remaining three boats in September, 1943 were scuttled on dockyards by crews or sunk by Germans.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 28.2.1943 FR111 was sunk by Allied bombers.
Requin prewar
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