French submarine Phoque (1926)
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For other ships with the same name, see French submarine Phoque.
Phoque was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in May 1924, it was launched in March 1926 and commissioned in May 1928. In April 1941, it was disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia and captured there by the Italians on 8 December 1942 and renamed FR 111. It was sunk on 28 February 1943 10 miles off Murro di Porco, Sicily by Allied aircraft.
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Sister ship Souffleur in 1926 | |
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France | |
Name | Phoque |
Builder | Brest Arsenal |
Laid down | 21 May 1924 |
Launched | 16 March 1926 |
Commissioned | 7 May 1928 |
Fate | Seized by Axis forces 8 December 1942 |
Italy | |
Name | FR 111 |
Acquired | 8 December 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by Allied aircraft 28 February 1943 off the Italian coast |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Requin-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 78.30 m (256 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 6.84 m (22 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.10 m (16 ft 9 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 51 |
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