French submarine Phoque (1926)

Phoque

Sister ship Souffleur in 1926
History
France
Name	Phoque
Builder	Brest Arsenal
Laid down	21 May 1924
Launched	16 March 1926
Commissioned	7 May 1928
Fate	Seized by Axis forces on the 8th of December, 1942
Italy
Name	FR 111
Acquired	the 8th of December, 1942
Fate	Sunk by Allied aircraft 28 February 1943 off the Italian coast
General characteristics
Class and type	Requin-class submarine
Displacement	1,150 long tons (1,168 t) (surfaced) 1,441 long tons (1,464 t) (submerged)
Length	78.30 m (256 ft 11 in)
Beam	6.84 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.10 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 depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	51
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

Phoque was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in May of 1924, it was launched in March of 1926 and commissioned in May of 1928. In April 1941, it was disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia and captured there by the Italians on the 8th of December, 1942 and renamed FR 111. It was sunk on the 28th of February, 1943 10 miles off of Murro di Porco, Sicily by Allied aircraft.