French submarine Aréthuse (NN7)
- 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 Aréthuse14 July 1933 — 19441,945 days of the war
- Name
- Aréthuse
- Pennant / hull number
- NN7
- Namesake
- Arethusa, a nymph in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Ordered
- 14 April 1927
- Laid down
- 6 January 1928
- Launched
- 8 August 1929
- Commissioned
- 14 July 1933
- Decommissioned
- 1944
- Fate
- Condemned 25 March 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
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)
Aréthuse was a Argonaute-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number NN7. She was named for Arethusa. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France on 6 January 1928. She entered service on 14 July 1933, having been launched on 8 August 1929.
Five ships of the class were built.
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 1,945 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1944.
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 Aréthuse (NN7) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.