NAVYPEDIA

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 equipment	hydrophone
Complement	41
Diving depth operational, m	80

Standard scale images

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In June, 1940 both were withdrawn to Britain.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.