French submarine Requin (1924)

For other ships with the same name, see French submarine Requin.
Requin
Sister ship Souffleur in 1926
History
France
NameRequin
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down14 June 1922
Launched19 July 1924
Commissioned28 May 1926
FateScrapped in 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeRequin-class submarine
Displacement
Length78.30 m (256 ft 11 in)
Beam6.84 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines, 2,900 hp (2,163 kW)
  • 2 × electric motors, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Speed
  • 15 knots (28 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) (submerged)
Range
  • 7,700 nautical miles (14,300 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h)
  • 70 nautical miles (130 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement51 men
Armament
  • 10 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
  • 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns

The French submarine Requin was the lead ship of the Requin-class submarines built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in June 1922, it was launched in July 1924 and commissioned in May 1926. It was captured by Italian forces at Bizerte, Tunisia on 8 December 1942 and renamed FR 113. On 9 September 1943, it was recaptured by German forces. It was sold for scrap in Genes, Italy in 1944.[1][2]

  1. ^ "FR Requin of the French Navy - French submarine of the Requin class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Batiments ayant porté le nom de Requin". www.netmarine.net.