French submarine Argonaute (NN6)
- Displacement
- 620 long tons (630 t)
- Length
- 63.4 m (208 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Argonaute1 June 1932 — 8 November 19421,164 days of the war
- Name
- Argonaute
- Pennant / hull number
- NN6
- Namesake
- A member of the Argonauts, a band of heroes in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Laid down
- 19 December 1927
- Launched
- 23 May 1929
- Commissioned
- 1 June 1932
- Fate
- Sunk 8 November 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 620 long tons (630 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 785 long tons (798 t)
- Length
- 63.4 m (208 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Draught
- 4.24 m (13.9 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Complement
- 41
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Argonaute was a Argonaute-class submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number NN6. The ship was named after A member of the Argonauts. Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France laid her keel on 19 December 1927. Launched on 23 May 1929, she entered service on 1 June 1932.
Her class ran to five ships.
The boat displaced 620 long tons surfaced and 785 long tons submerged. She measured 63.4 m (208 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 41.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,164 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 8 November 1942. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Schneider-Carel diesel engines, 1300 bhp
- 2 × electric motors, 1000 shp
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 1 × 8 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Argonaute (NN6) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.