French submarine Morse (1925)
Service
- as Morse10 February 1928 — 16 June 1940289 days of the war
- Name
- Morse
- Pennant / hull number
- 1925
- Namesake
- walrus
- Builder
- Arsenal de Cherbourg
- Laid down
- 12 February 1923
- Launched
- 9 May 1925
- Commissioned
- 10 February 1928
- Fate
- Mined and sunk off Kerkenna on 16 June 1940.
By mine (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,150 long tons (1,168 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,441 long tons (1,464 t)
- Length
- 78.3 m (256.9 ft)
- Beam
- 6.84 m (22.4 ft)
- Draught
- 5.1 m (16.7 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Range
- 7,700 nmi (14,260 km)
- Complement
- 51
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
Morse was a Requin-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1925. She was named for walrus. Arsenal de Cherbourg laid her keel on 12 February 1923. Launched on 9 May 1925, she entered service on 10 February 1928.
Nine ships of the class were built. The Redoutable-class submarine followed.
The boat displaced 1,150 long tons surfaced and 1,441 long tons submerged. She measured 78.3 m (257 ft) long with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 51.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 289 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 16 June 1940 by mine. 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 × diesel engines, 2900 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1800 hp
- Armament
- 10 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 100 mm deck gun
- 2 × 8 mm machine guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Morse (1925) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Photographe militaire anonyme missionné par les services gouvernementaux, et qui n'a jamais revendiqué la paternité du cliché. — www.auxmarins.net — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons