French submarine Favorite (Q195)

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A model of Africaine, sister ship of Favorite
History
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameFavorite
Namesake"Favourite"
Ordered1937
Builder Rouen
Laid downDecember 1937
LaunchedSeptember 1938
FateIncomplete, captured by Germans in June 1940 [1]
War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg Nazi Germany
NameUF-2
AcquiredJune 1940
Commissioned5 November 1942
Decommissioned5 July 1944
Fate Scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Aurore-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 [1]
Part of:
Commanders:
  • K.Kapt. Georg Lange [3]
  • 5 November 1942 – October 1943
  • Oblt.z.S. Heinrich Gehrken [4]
  • 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. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UF-2". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Gröner 1991, pp. 106–107.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Lange". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Heinrich Gehrken". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

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