French submarine Morse (1925)
Morse in 1939 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Morse |
| Namesake | walrus |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 12 February 1923 |
| Launched | 9 May 1925 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1928 |
| Fate | Mined and sunk off Kerkenna on 16 June 1940. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 51 men |
| Armament |
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The French submarine Morse was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in February 1923, it was launched in May 1925 and commissioned in February 1928. On 16 June 1940, Morse, under the command of Jean Georges Charles Paris, struck a mine and sank in the same minefield off the Kerkennah Islands that sank her sister ship Narval six months later.