Aurore-class submarine

The Aurore class was a class of fifteen coastal submarines designed for the French Navy. The prototype – Aurore – was authorised in 1934, the next four in 1937, a further four in 1938, two in 1938, and a final four subsequently. Some of the ships were captured by Nazi Germany after the Fall of France, most of them in an unfinished state; two were intended to be completed for the German Navy, Africaine becoming UF-1 and Favorite becoming UF-2, but only the first was completed during the World War II, the second reverting to French control while still uncompleted.

Five of the submarines, FRENCH SUBMARINE Andromède, FRENCH SUBMARINE Astrée, FRENCH SUBMARINE Africaine, FRENCH SUBMARINE Artémis and FRENCH SUBMARINE Créole, were completed after the war, were commissioned in the French Navy and served into the 1960s. Andromède, Artémis and Créole were fitted with GUPPY sails and submarine snorkels.

Ships

 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Aurore
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 1934
 * Laid down: December 1935
 * Launched: 26 July 1939
 * Fate: Scuttled during the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon on 27 November 1942


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Créole
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Ordered: 1937
 * Laid down: December 1937
 * Launched: 8 June 1940
 * Fate: Broken up in 1961


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Bayadère
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Ordered: 1937
 * Laid down: December 1937
 * Launched: -
 * Fate: Broken up in June 1940 still on keel, never finished


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Favorite
 * Builder: Rouen
 * Ordered: 1937
 * Laid down: December 1937
 * Launched: September 1938
 * Fate: Taken by the German, becoming UF-2; scuttled in 1945 at Gotenhafen


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Africaine
 * Builder: Rouen
 * Ordered: 1937
 * Laid down: December 1937
 * Launched:7 December 1946
 * Fate: Broken up in 1963


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Astrée
 * Builder: Nantes
 * Ordered: 1938
 * Laid down: November 1938
 * Launched: 3 May 1946
 * Fate: Broken up in 1965


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Andromède
 * Builder: Nantes
 * Ordered: 1938
 * Laid down: November 1938
 * Launched: 17 November 1949
 * Fate: Broken up in 1965


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Antigone
 * Builder: Chalon-sur-Saône
 * Ordered: 1938
 * Laid down: November 1938
 * Launched: -
 * Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Andromaque
 * Builder: Rouen
 * Ordered: 1938
 * Laid down: November 1938
 * Launched: -
 * Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Artémis
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Ordered: 1939
 * Laid down: May 1939
 * Launched: 28 June 1942
 * Fate: Broken up in 1967


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Armide
 * Builder: Rouen
 * Ordered: 1938
 * Laid down: May 1939
 * Launched: -
 * Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Hermione
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Ordered: 1939
 * Launched:
 * Fate: Broken up on keel while only 8% built


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Gorgone
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Ordered:
 * Launched:
 * Fate: Broken up on keel while only 5% built


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Clorinde
 * Builder: Nantes
 * Ordered:
 * Launched:
 * Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished


 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Cornélie
 * Builder:
 * Ordered:
 * Launched:
 * Fate: Keel never laid