French submarine Iris (1934)
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Iris (Q188) was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy, commissioned in 1936. The boat was interned in Spain from November 1942, following the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon, finally returning to service post-war until 1950.
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Name | Iris |
Namesake | Iris |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes |
Laid down | 1 July 1932 |
Launched | 23 September 1934 |
Commissioned | 15 September 1936 |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1950 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | Minerve-class submarine |
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Length | 68.1 m (223 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 42 |
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