French submarine Atalante (Q162)

History
France
Name	Atalante
Namesake	Atalanta, a heroine in Greek mythology
Builder	Chantiers Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Laid down	17 August 1928
Launched	5 August 1930
Commissioned	18 September 1934
Decommissioned	1944
Stricken	23 March 1946
Fate	Condemned 25 March 1946
General characteristics [1]
Type	Submarine
Displacement	630 tonnes (620 long tons) surfaced 798 tonnes (785 long tons) submerged
Length	63.4 m (208 ft)
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft)
Draught	4.24 m (13.9 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Schneider-Carel diesel engines, 1,300 bhp (969 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,000 shp (746 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 82 nmi (152 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	41
Armament	6 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine gun

Atalante (Q162) was an Argonaute-class submarine in commission in the French Navy from 1934 to 1944. 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.