NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Millé (ex-U471)	E16, later- S08, 1950- S609	302	Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany	10.1941	6.3.1943	5/1943 // 1946	stricken 1963
Laubie (ex-U766)	E17, later- S09, 1950- S610	149	KMW Wilhelmshaven, Germany	3.1941	29.5.1943	7/1943 // 1947	stricken 1961

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	769 / 1070
Length, m	67.1
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	4.74
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Laubie: 2 Germania diesels / 2 GL electric motors Millé: 2 Germania diesels / 2 SSW electric motors
Power, h. p.	2800 - 3200 / 750
Max speed, kts	17 - 17.7 / 7.6
Fuel, t	diesel oil 114
Endurance, nm(kts)	8500(10) / 80(4)
Armament	Millé: 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14 or 36 mines) Laubie: 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 5 - 533 TT (4 bow, 1 stern, 14)
Electronic equipment	FuMO 30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät sonars
Complement	56
Diving depth operational, m	100

Project history

Ex-German submarines of VIIC series received in damaged condition and repaired for French navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.