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

French submarine Pascal

Redoutable-class submarine

French submarine Pascal
Marius Bar — Ajax — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Sous marin français Ajax, de la classe Redoutable.

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Pascal10 September 1931 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
  2. Regia Marina27 November 1942 — 20 January 194354 days of the war
  3. Kriegsmarine9 September 1943 — 11 March 1944184 days of the war
Redoutable-class submarine Particulars
Name
Pascal
Namesake
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer, and theologian
Builder
Arsenal de Brest, Brest, France
Ordered
1925
Laid down
8 June 1926
Launched
19 July 1928
Commissioned
10 September 1931
Fate
Sunk 11 March 1944 (1944)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,547 long tons (1,572 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,059 long tons (2,092 t)
Length
92.3 m (302.8 ft)
Beam
8.1 m (26.6 ft)
Draught
4.4 m (14.4 ft)
Speed
17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
Range
14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
Complement
5
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Pascal was a Redoutable-class submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after Blaise Pascal. Arsenal de Brest, Brest, France laid her keel on 8 June 1926. Launched on 19 July 1928, she entered service on 10 September 1931.

She was one of 29 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 1,547 long tons surfaced and 2,059 long tons submerged. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 8.1 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 5.

Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She served with the Marine Nationale as Pascal until 27 November 1942. She then passed to the Regia Marina from 27 November 1942. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine from 9 September 1943. She was in commission for 1,421 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 11 March 1944. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines, 6000 hp
  • 2 × electric motors, 2250 hp
Armament
  • 11 torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm gun
  • 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun

Sister ships

4 more in the class

Sources