| History | |
|---|---|
  France | |
| Name | La Vestale |
| Namesake | Vestal Virgin, a priestess of the goddess Vesta in ancient Rome |
| Builder | Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
| Laid down | 30 January 1931 |
| Launched | 22, 25, or 26 May 1932 (see text) |
| Commissioned | 18 September 1934 |
| Stricken | 14 August 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 14 August 1946 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 63.4 m (208 ft) |
| Beam | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Draught | 4.24 m (13.9 ft) |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 41 |
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La Vestale (Q176) was an Argonaute-class submarine commissioned into service in the French Navy in 1933. She saw service in World War II, first on the side of the Allies from September 1939 to June 1940, then in the forces of Vichy France until November 1942, when she became part of the Free French Naval Forces. She was stricken in 1946.
French sources sometimes refer to the submarine simply as Vestale, either instead of or interchangeably with La Vestale.[2][3]
- ^ Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 274.
- ^ "Sous-Marin Vestale" (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Nouveau sousmarin," Le Temps, 8 October 1933, at "Sous-Marin Vestale" (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2023.