French submarine Créole

Model of Africaine, sister ship of Créole.
History
France
NameCréole
Namesake"Creol"
BuilderLe Havre
Laid down1937
Launched8 June 1940
Commissioned1 April 1949
FateScrapped 1963
General characteristics
Class & typeAurore-class submarine
Displacement
  • 900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length73.5 m (241 ft 2 in)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel: 2,200 kW (3,000 shp)
  • 1,000 kW (1,400 shp) electrical
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
  • 5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 2,250 nmi (4,170 km; 2,590 mi) at 15 knots
  • 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) submerged at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
  • 9 × 550 mm torpedo tubes

Créole (Q193) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

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