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

French submarine Vengeur

Redoutable-class submarine

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

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Vengeur18 December 1931 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
Redoutable-class submarine Particulars
Name
Vengeur
Namesake
French for "Avenger"
Builder
Arsenal de Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France
Laid down
11 January 1926
Launched
1 September 1928
Commissioned
18 December 1931
Fate
Scuttled 27 November 1942
Scrapped March–May 1943 (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)

Vengeur was a Redoutable-class submarine built for the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after French for "Avenger". Her keel was laid at Arsenal de Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France on 11 January 1926. Launched on 1 September 1928, she entered service on 18 December 1931.

Her class ran to 29 ships.

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 1,183 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 27 November 1942, at 11°51′N 43°08′E. 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