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

French submarine Sidi Ferruch

Redoutable-class submarine

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

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Sidi Ferruch1 January 1939 — 11 November 19421,167 days of the war
Redoutable-class submarine Particulars
Name
Sidi Ferruch
Namesake
Sidi Ferruch, the French colonial name for Sidi Fredj a town in Algeria
Builder
Arsenal de Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France
Laid down
30 January 1932
Launched
9 July 1937
Commissioned
1 January 1939
Fate
Sunk 11 November 1942 (1942)
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)

Sidi Ferruch was a Redoutable-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She was named for Sidi Ferruch. Her keel was laid at Arsenal de Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France on 30 January 1932. She entered service on 1 January 1939, having been launched on 9 July 1937.

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 was in commission for 1,167 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 11 November 1942, at 12°52′S 24°00′W. 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