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MILLÉ submarines (1943 / 1946 - 1947)


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 equipmentFuMO 30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG, Balkon-Gerät sonars
Complement

56

Diving depth operational, m100


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.