French submarine Turquoise (1929)
Service
- as Turquoise10 September 1930 — 8 December 19421,194 days of the war
- as FR 1168 December 1942 — 8 May 1943151 days of the war
- Name
- Turquoise
- Pennant / hull number
- 1929
- Namesake
- Turquoise
- Builder
- Arsenal de Toulon
- Laid down
- 20 October 1926
- Launched
- 16 May 1929
- Commissioned
- 10 September 1930
- Fate
- Captured and scuttled by German forces on 8 May 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 761 long tons (773 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 925 long tons (940 t)
- Length
- 66 m (216.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.1 m (23.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 12 knots (22.2 km/h, 13.8 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 42
- Main gun
- 75 mm (3 in)
Turquoise was a Saphir-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1929. The ship was named after Turquoise. Arsenal de Toulon laid her keel on 20 October 1926. Launched on 16 May 1929, she entered service on 10 September 1930.
She was one of six ships of her class.
The boat displaced 761 long tons surfaced and 925 long tons submerged. She measured 66 m (217 ft) long with a beam of 7.1 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 12 knots, and she carried a complement of 42.
Her main battery was one 75 mm (3.0 in) guns.
She served with the Marine Nationale as Turquoise until 8 December 1942. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as FR 116 from 8 December 1942. She was in commission for 1,345 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 8 May 1943. 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, 1300 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1100 hp
- Armament
- 3 × 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm deck gun
- 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × 8 mm machine guns
- 32 × mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Turquoise (1929) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://images-01.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/321/078/291_001.jpg Scanned French postcard — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons