French submarine Africaine (Q196)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Africaine.

Africaine (Q196) ("African"^[2]) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

Model of Africaine
History
France
Name	Africaine
Namesake	"African"
Ordered	1937
Builder	Rouen
Laid down	December 1937
Fate	Incomplete, captured by German in June 1940[1]
Nazi Germany
Name	UF-1
Acquired	June 1940
Fate	Captured by Allies
France
Name	Africaine
Launched	7 December 1946[1]
Commissioned	October 1949[1]
Decommissioned	1961
Stricken	28 February 1963[1]
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Aurore-class submarine
Displacement	900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged
Length	73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel: 3000 shp (2237 KW) 1400 shp (1044 KW) electrical
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 9 knots 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 (28 km/h; 17 mph) 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 9 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.^[1]

She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.^[1]

See also

• List of submarines of France