French submarine Favorite (Q195)
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![]() A model of Africaine, sister ship of Favorite
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Name | Favorite |
Namesake | "Favourite" |
Ordered | 1937 |
Builder | Rouen |
Laid down | December 1937 |
Launched | September 1938 |
Fate | Incomplete, captured by Germans in June 1940[1] |
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Name | UF-2 |
Acquired | June 1940 |
Commissioned | 5 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 5 July 1944 |
Fate | Scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Aurore-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) o/a |
Beam | 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) o/a |
Draught | 4.57 m (15 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | |
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Range |
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Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 3 officers, 37 enlisted |
Armament |
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Service record as UF-2[1] | |
Part of: |
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Identification codes: | M 50 058 |
Commanders: | |
Operations: | None |
Victories: | None |
Favorite was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy. The boat was captured by the German in June 1940 and renamed UF-2 on 13 May 1941.[1]
Career
Favorite was laid down in December 1937 in Rouen, and launched in September 1938. She never participated in any patrols with the French Navy.
After her capture, she was commissioned into Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine on 5 November 1942 and used as a training ship in the 5th Flotilla (Kiel) from November 1942 to August 1943, as well as in the U-Abwehrschule (Bergen), from August 1943 to July 1944. She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944, and scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ Gröner 1991, pp. 106–107.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Lange". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinrich Gehrken". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol. IV. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler. ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. German Warships 1815–1945. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "UF-2". German U-boats of World War II - Uboat.net.
Categories:
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Use dmy dates from April 2015
- Aurore-class submarines
- Ships built in France
- 1938 ships
- World War II submarines of France
- U-boats commissioned in 1942
- U-boats scuttled in 1945
- World War II submarines of Germany
- Naval ships of France captured by Germany during World War II
- Maritime incidents in 1945