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

French submarine Iris

Minerve-class submarine

Displacement
662 long tons (673 t)
Length
68.1 m (223.4 ft)
Beam
5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Speed
14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
Complement
42
Main gun
75 mm (3 in)

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Iris15 September 1936 — 1 February 19502,193 days of the war
Minerve-class submarine Particulars
Name
Iris
Namesake
Iris
Builder
Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes
Laid down
1 July 1932
Launched
23 September 1934
Commissioned
15 September 1936
Decommissioned
1 February 1950
Fate
Scrapped
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
662 long tons (673 t)
Displacement, submerged
856 long tons (870 t)
Length
68.1 m (223.4 ft)
Beam
5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Draught
4 m (13.1 ft)
Speed
14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
Range
2,000 nmi (3,704 km)
Complement
42
Main gun
75 mm (3 in)

Iris was a Minerve-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She was named for Iris. Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes laid her keel on 1 July 1932. She entered service on 15 September 1936, having been launched on 23 September 1934.

Her class ran to three ships. The class followed the Argonaute-class submarine and was succeeded by the Aurore-class submarine.

The boat displaced 662 long tons surfaced and 856 long tons submerged. She measured 68.1 m (223 ft) long with a beam of 5.6 m (18 ft). Her designed speed was 14.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 42.

Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 February 1950.

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 × Vickers-Normand diesel engines, 1800 bhp
  • 2 × Electric motors, 1230 shp
Armament
  • 1 × 75 mm/35 Model 1928 deck gun with 150 rounds
  • 2 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns
  • 6 × 550 mm internal torpedo tubes (4 bow/2 stern) with 12 torpedoes
  • 3 × 400 mm external torpedo tubes

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