Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Submarine 1938

French submarine Pallas (1938)

Minerve-class submarine

French submarine Pallas (1938)
K. Ye. Sergeyev (К.Е.Сергеев) — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1938

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Pallas12 June 1939 — 9 November 19421,165 days of the war
Minerve-class submarine Particulars
Name
Pallas
Pennant / hull number
1938
Builder
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down
19 October 1936
Launched
25 August 1938
Commissioned
12 June 1939
Fate
Scuttled at Oran, 9 November 1942 (1942)
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)

Pallas was a Minerve-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1938. Her keel was laid at Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre on 19 October 1936. Launched on 25 August 1938, she entered service on 12 June 1939.

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 1,165 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 9 November 1942. 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 × 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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