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THE FRENCH NAVY'S

SUBMARINES

IN JULY 1939

IN SERVICE

78 Submarines (Total displacement : 83 543 t)

 

Surcouf class (1 Submarine)

First class submarines (29 Submarines of 1 500 t, 9 Submarines of 974 t)

Second class submarines (22 Submarines of 630 t, 11 Sirène class Submarines)

Minelaying submarines (6 Submarines of 760 t)

 

 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

24 Submarines

(Total displacement : 24 779 t)

SURCOUF CLASS

Surcouf

1500 T CLASS (or REDOUTABLE CLASS) (29 Submarines in 3 series)

Redoutable (1931)	Fresnel (1931)	Achille (1932)	Le Glorieux (1933)	Sfax (1935)
Vengeur (1931)	Henri Pointcarré (1931)	Ajax (1933)	Le Centaure (1934)	Casabianca (1935)
Pascal (1931)	Poncelet (1932)	Protée (1932)	Le Héros (1934)	Béveziers (1935)
Pasteur (1931)	Actéon (1931)	Pégase (1932)	Le Conquérant (1935)	Ouessant (1937)
Archimède (1932)	Achéron (1931)	Persée (1933)	Le Tonnant (1935)	Sidi Ferruch (1936)
Monge (1932)	Argo (1932)	L'Espoir (1932)	Agosta (1935)

 

 630 T CLASS (or ARGONAUTE CLASS) (22 Submarines in 4 series)

Argonaute (1931)	Amazone (1933)	La Psyché (1933)	Vénus (1936)
Aréthuse (1932)	Atalante (1932)	La Sybille (1934)	Iris (1935)
Diane (1932)	Orphée (1932)	La Vestale (1934)	Cérès (1939)
Méduse (1932)	Orléade (1933)	La Sultane (1934)	Pallas (1939)
Amphitrite (1932)	Orion (1931)	Minerve (1935)
Antiope (1932)	Ondine (1932)	Junon (1936)

 SIRENE CLASS (11 Submarines in 3 series)

SAPHIR CLASS (6 Submarines)

FIRST CLASS SUBMARINES

ROLLAND MORILLOT CLASS (5 named submarines, 8 unnamed submarines)

Rolland Morillot (Abandoned)	La Guadeloupe (Cancelled)
La Réunion (Cancelled)	La Martinique (Abandoned)
La Praya (Abandoned)	8 unnamed submarines (Cancelled)

SECOND CLASS SUBMARINES

AURORE CLASS (15 Submarines)

MINELAYING SUBMARINES

EMERAUDE CLASS (4 Submarines)

L'Emeraude (Abandoned)	Le Corail (Cancelled)
L'Agathe (Cancelled)	L'Escarboucle (Cancelled)