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ORION 2nd class submarines (1932)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Orion Q165   A C de la Loire, Nantes 11.1928 21.4.1931 7.1932 FNFL 6.1940, BU 4.1943
Ondine Q166   A C Dubigeon, Nantes 11.1928 4.5.1931 7.1932 FNFL 6.1940, BU 4.1943


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

656 / 822

Length, m

66.8

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

4.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1400 / 1000

Max speed, kts

14 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 39

Endurance, nm(kts)4000(10) / 82(5)
Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1928, 1 x 1 - 8.80, 6 - 550 TT (3 bow, 1 ext aft, 1 x 2 ext, 7), 2 - 400 TT (1 x 2 ext, 2)

Electronic equipmenthydrophone
Complement41
Diving depth operational, m80


Standard scale images


<i>Ondine</i> 1940
Ondine 1940


Project history

Built under the 1928 programme. Loire-Dubigeon variant of "630ton" boats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In June, 1940 both were withdrawn to Britain. Both boats were captured by British 3.7.1940 and in view of a strong deterioration were taken apart on spares for Junon and Minerve.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.