Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Submarine 1934

French submarine Minerve (1934)

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 Minerve (Q185/P26)15 September 1936 — 19 September 19452,193 days of the war
French submarine Minerve (1934) Particulars
Name
Minerve
Pennant / hull number
1934
Namesake
Minerva
Builder
Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down
17 August 1931
Launched
23 October 1934
Commissioned
15 September 1936
Fate
Wrecked, 19 September 1945 (1945)
Status
Wreck

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)

Minerve was a submarine, operated by the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1934. The ship was named after Minerva. Her keel was laid at Arsenal de Cherbourg on 17 August 1931. Launched on 23 October 1934, she entered service on 15 September 1936.

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 wrecked on 19 September 1945, at 50°31′N 2°27′W.

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

Sources