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

French submarine Henri Poincaré

Redoutable-class submarine

French submarine Henri Poincaré
United States Navy photo — Naval History and Heritage Command Photography Collection NH 88941 HENRI POINCARE (French submarine, 1929-1943) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The French submarine Henri Poincaré Q140 2 in a port in France.

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Henri Poincaré23 December 1931 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
  2. Regia Marina as FR 11827 November 1942 — June 1943213 days of the war
  3. Kriegsmarine9 September 1943 — in service724 days of the war
Redoutable-class submarine Particulars
Name
Henri Poincaré
Namesake
Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science
Builder
Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
Laid down
1 March 1927
Launched
10 April 1929
Commissioned
23 December 1931
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

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)

Henri Poincaré was a Redoutable-class submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. She was named for Henri Poincaré. Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France laid her keel on 1 March 1927. She entered service on 23 December 1931, having been launched on 10 April 1929.

29 ships of the class were built.

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 served with the Marine Nationale as Henri Poincaré until 27 November 1942. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as FR 118 from 27 November 1942. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine from 9 September 1943. She was in commission for 2,120 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap.

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 × 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 Henri Poincaré on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: United States Navy photo — Naval History and Heritage Command Photography Collection NH 88941 HENRI POINCARE (French submarine, 1929-1943) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons