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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
FR112 (ex-Saphir)			Arsenal de Toulon, France	11.1925	20.12.1928	9.1930 // ---	repair incomplete, recharging station 4.1943
FR116 (ex-Turquoise)			Arsenal de Toulon, France	1926	16.5.1929	9.1930 // ---	repair incomplete, scuttled 6.5.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	669
Displacement normal, t	761 / 925
Length, m	64.9 pp 65.9 oa
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	4.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Normand-Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1300 / 1000
Max speed, kts	12 / 9
Fuel, t	diesel oil 75
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(7.5) / 80(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/35 M1928, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 - 550 TT (bow, 4), 1 x (1 - 533 + 2 - 400) TT (1 + 2), 32 mines
Complement	42
Diving depth operational, m	80

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Project history

After Allied landing in the North Africa in November, 1942 German troops captured French ships based at Bizerte and transferred nine submarines to Italy in December, 1942.

French Saphir class submarines Saphir, Turquoise and Nautilus, first two were renamed FR112 and FR116 respectively but never commissioned by Italians. Nautilus was sunk at Bizerte by Allied aircraft in January, 1943. FR112 was towed off to Naples and since April, 1943 was used as battery recharging station, FR116 was scuttled at Bizerte 6.5.1943. Nautilus was never allocated to the navy.