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MINERVE 2nd class submarines (1936 - 1939)
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Minerve
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minerve | Q185, 1940- P26 | Q54 | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1.1931 | 23.10.1934 | 9.1936 | FNFL 6.1940, wrecked 19.9.1945 |
| Junon | Q186, 1945- S05, 1950- S605 | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 1.1932 | 15.9.1935 | 9.1937 | FNFL 6.1940, sold 12.1954 | |
| Vénus | Q187 | 75 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1.1932 | 6.4.1935 | 11.1936 | scuttled 27.11.1942 |
| Iris | Q188, 1945- S06 | A C Dubigeon, Nantes | 1.1932 | 23.9.1934 | 9.1936 | interned 12.1942, returned 5.1945, sold 2.1950 | |
| Pallas | Q189 | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 3.1936 | 25.8.1938 | 1939 | scuttled 9.11.1942 | |
| Cérès | Q190 | 85 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 3.1936 | 9.12.1938 | 1939 | scuttled 9.11.1942 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | |
|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 662 / 856 |
| Length, m | 68.1 pp |
| Breadth, m | 5.62 |
| Draught, m | 4.03 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Normand-Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors |
| Power, h. p. | 1800 / 1230 |
| Max speed, kts | 14.5 / 9 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 51 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(10) / 85(5) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1928, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 6 - 550 TT (4 bow, 2 aft, 6), 3 - 400 TT (1 x 3 ext, 3) |
| Electronic equipment | hydrophone |
| Complement | 42 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 80 |
Standard scale images
Junon 1940
Graphics
Minerve
Junon postwar Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Project history
Project "Т2". 1930 (4 submarines) and 1936 (2 submarines) programmes. First series of "standard" submarines. The design was grounded on drawings of "630ton" boats, since them there was a withdrawal from practice of ordering of ship design to private yards in favour of standardization.
Modernizations
m. b. 1943 - 1944, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 13.2/76; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
early 1950s, Junon: - 1 x 1 - 75/35, 1 x 1 - 20/70
1944, Junon: + radar, sonar
Naval service
Damaged Iris escaped from Toulon in November, 1942 and was interned at Barcelona till end of war (later she was transferred to Cartagena). Junon and Minerve in June, 1940 were withdrawn to Britain and later came over to the side of "Free France".
Cérès and Pallas were scuttled at Oran 9.11.1942 during Allied landing in the North Africa. Later they were salvaged but never commissioned again. Minerve 10.10.1943 was hard damaged in La Manche as result of erroneous attack of patrol Canadian B-24 bomber and laid up into reserve. After war, 19.9.1945, she was lost in navigating accident at British coast.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
