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 Model of Africaine
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Aurore |
| Builders | Le Havre, Nantes, Toulon, Chalon-sur-Saône, Rouen |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Minerve class |
| Succeeded by | Narval class |
| In service | 1939–1962 |
| Planned | 15 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Cancelled | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
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| Length | 73.5 m (241 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
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| Range |
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| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
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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, Andromède, Astrée, Africaine, Artémis and 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.