Model of the Africaine, sister-ship of the Astrée
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History | |
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France | |
Name: | Astrée |
Namesake: | Astraea |
Builder: | Nantes |
Captured: | by Nazi Germany in June 1940 |
Nazi Germany | |
Name: | UF-3 |
Acquired: | June 1940 |
France | |
Name: | Astrée |
Namesake: | Astraea |
Out of service: | 1962 |
Struck: | 27 November 1965 as the Q404 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Aurore-class submarine |
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Length: | 73.5 m (241 ft) |
Beam: | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Draught: | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
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Test depth: | 100 metres (330 ft) |
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Astrée was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.
Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans during World War II in June 1940. She was renamed UF-3 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France. She was recaptured and completed under her original name. Astrée was taken out of service in 1962, and stricken on 27 November 1965 as the Q404.