French submarine Vénus (1935)

History
France
Name	Vénus
Namesake	Venus
Builder	Chantiers Worms, Rouen
Laid down	27 June 1932
Launched	6 April 1935
Commissioned	15 November 1936
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942, scrapped 1951
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	662 long tons (673 t) surfaced; 856 long tons (870 t) submerged;
Length	68.1 m (223 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Vickers-Normand diesel engines, 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW); 2 × Electric motors, 1,230 shp (917 kW);
Speed	14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	42
Armament	1 × 75 mm (3 in)/35 Model 1928 deck gun with 150 rounds; 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns; 6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) internal torpedo tubes (4 bow/2 stern) with 12 torpedoes; 3 × 400 mm (15.7 in) external torpedo tubes;

Vénus (Q187) was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy, commissioned in 1936, and scuttled at Toulon in November 1942.

History

France
Name	Vénus
Namesake	Venus
Builder	Chantiers Worms, Rouen
Laid down	27 June 1932
Launched	6 April 1935
Commissioned	15 November 1936
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942, scrapped 1951
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	662 long tons (673 t) surfaced 856 long tons (870 t) submerged
Length	68.1 m (223 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Vickers-Normand diesel engines, 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW) 2 × Electric motors, 1,230 shp (917 kW)
Speed	14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 85 nmi (157 km; 98 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	42
Armament	1 × 75 mm (3 in)/35 Model 1928 deck gun with 150 rounds 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns 6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) internal torpedo tubes (4 bow/2 stern) with 12 torpedoes 3 × 400 mm (15.7 in) external torpedo tubes