Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Submarine 1935

French submarine Casabianca (1935)

Redoutable-class submarine

Displacement
1,476 long tons (1,500 t)
Length
92.3 m (302.8 ft)
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Complement
5
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Casabianca1 January 1937 — 12 February 19522,193 days of the war
Redoutable-class submarine Particulars
Name
Casabianca
Pennant / hull number
1935
Namesake
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
Ordered
1 June 1925
Laid down
7 March 1931
Launched
2 February 1935
Commissioned
1 January 1937
Struck
12 February 1952
Fate
Scrapped in 1956 (1956)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,476 long tons (1,500 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,968 long tons (2,000 t)
Length
92.3 m (302.8 ft)
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Range
14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
Complement
5
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Casabianca was a Redoutable-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1935. The ship was named after Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca. Her keel was laid on 7 March 1931. She entered service on 1 January 1937, having been launched on 2 February 1935.

29 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 1,476 long tons surfaced and 1,968 long tons submerged. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long. Her designed speed was 20 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. She was struck from the register on 12 February 1952.

She was broken up for scrap in 1956.

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 diesels, of 4,300 hp
  • 2 electric engines of 1,200 hp
Armament
  • 11 torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm gun
  • 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun

Sister ships

4 more in the class

Sources