French submarine Favorite (Q195)

A model of Africaine, sister ship of Favorite
History
France
NameFavorite
Namesake"Favourite"
Ordered1937
BuilderRouen
Laid downDecember 1937
LaunchedSeptember 1938
FateIncomplete, captured by Germans in June 1940
Nazi Germany
NameUF-2
AcquiredJune 1940
Commissioned5 November 1942
Decommissioned5 July 1944
FateScuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945
General characteristics
Class & typeAurore-class submarine
Displacement
  • 818 t (805 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,078 t (1,061 long tons) submerged
Length73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) o/a
Beam6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) o/a
Draught4.57 m (15 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel: 2,200 kW (3,000 shp)
  • Electrical: 1,000 kW (1,400 shp)
Speed
  • 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Range
  • 5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Complement3 officers, 37 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 9 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes
Service record as UF-2
Part of:
  • 5th U-boat Flotilla
  • November 1942 – August 1943
  • U-boat Defense School
  • August 1943 – July 1944
Identification codes: M 50 058
Commanders:
  • K.Kapt. Georg Lange
  • 5 November 1942 – October 1943
  • Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Gehrken
  • October 1943 – 5 July 1944
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.

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