Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Submarine 1935

French submarine Vénus (1935)

Displacement
662 long tons (673 t)
Length
68.1 m (223.4 ft)
Beam
5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Speed
14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
Complement
42
Main gun
75 mm (3 in)

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Vénus15 November 1936 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
French submarine Vénus (1935) Particulars
Name
Vénus
Pennant / hull number
1935
Namesake
Venus
Builder
Chantiers Worms, Rouen
Laid down
27 June 1932
Launched
6 April 1935
Commissioned
15 November 1936
Fate
Scuttled, 27 November 1942, scrapped 1951 (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)

Vénus was a submarine in service with the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1935. She was named for Venus. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Worms, Rouen on 27 June 1932. She entered service on 15 November 1936, having been launched on 6 April 1935.

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 1,183 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 27 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

Sources