Marine Nationale — Submarine
NN5
French submarine Méduse (NN5)
- Displacement
- 571 long tons (580 t)
- Length
- 64.4 m (211.3 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Service
- as Méduse1 September 1932 — 10 November 19421,166 days of the war
Diane-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Méduse
- Pennant / hull number
- NN5
- Namesake
- Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons in Greek mythology
- Laid down
- 1 January 1928
- Launched
- 26 August 1930
- Commissioned
- 1 September 1932
- Fate
- Beached and scuttled 10 November 1942
Refloated 18 November 1942
Not repaired (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 571 long tons (580 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 809 long tons (822 t)
- Length
- 64.4 m (211.3 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Méduse was a Diane-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number NN5. She was named for Medusa. Her keel was laid on 1 January 1928. She entered service on 1 September 1932, having been launched on 26 August 1930.
She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the 600 Series submarines and was succeeded by the Orion-class submarine.
The boat displaced 571 long tons surfaced and 809 long tons submerged. She measured 64.4 m (211 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft).
She was in commission for 1,166 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 10 November 1942, at 33°25′N 8°40′W. The wreck survives.
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 (1,400 bhp)
- 2 × electric motors (1,000 shp)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Méduse (NN5) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.