French submarine Junon (1935)

History
France
NameJunon
NamesakeJuno
BuilderChantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down9 June 1932
Launched15 September 1935
Commissioned20 September 1937
Decommissioned6 December 1954
FateScrapped, 1960
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 662 long tons (673 t) surfaced
  • 856 long tons (870 t) submerged
Length68.1 m (223 ft 5 in)
Beam5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Vickers-Normand diesel engines, 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW)
  • 2 × Electric motors, 1,230 shp (917 kW)
Speed
  • 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
  • 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement42
Armament

Junon (Q186) was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy. During World War II she served in the Free French Naval Forces.

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