French submarine Atalante (Q162)
- 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 Atalante18 September 1934 — 19441,945 days of the war
- Name
- Atalante
- Pennant / hull number
- Q162
- Namesake
- Atalanta, a heroine in Greek mythology
- Builder
- Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Laid down
- 17 August 1928
- Launched
- 5 August 1930
- Commissioned
- 18 September 1934
- Decommissioned
- 1944
- Struck
- 23 March 1946
- 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)
Atalante was a Argonaute-class submarine, operated by the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number Q162. She was named for Atalanta. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France on 17 August 1928. She entered service on 18 September 1934, having been launched on 5 August 1930.
She was one of five ships of her class.
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. She was struck from the register on 23 March 1946.
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 Atalante (Q162) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.