French submarine Argo

Redoutable-class submarine

Service

Marine Nationale as Argo12 February 1933 — 26 April 19462,193 days of the war

Redoutable-class submarine Particulars

Name: Argo
Namesake: Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology
Builder: Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes, France
Laid down: 25 August 1927
Launched: 11 April 1929
Commissioned: 12 February 1933
Fate: Disarmed 26 April 1946 (1946)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 1,547 long tons (1,572 t)
Displacement, submerged: 2,059 long tons (2,092 t)
Length: 92.3 m (302.8 ft)
Beam: 8.1 m (26.6 ft)
Draught: 4.4 m (14.4 ft)
Speed: 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Range: 14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
Complement: 5
Main gun: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Argo was a Redoutable-class submarine, operated by the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after Argo. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes, France on 25 August 1927. Launched on 11 April 1929, she entered service on 12 February 1933.

Her class ran to 29 ships.

The boat displaced 1,547 long tons surfaced and 2,059 long tons submerged. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 8.1 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 5.

Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines, 6000 hp
2 × electric motors, 2250 hp
Armament: 11 torpedo tubes
1 × 100 mm gun
1 × 13.2 mm machine gun

Sister ships

4 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from French submarine Argo on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: United States Navy photo — Naval History and Heritage Command Photography Collection 80-G-289829 ARGO (French submarine, 1929) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons