History | |
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France | |
Name | Pallas |
Builder | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre |
Laid down | 19 October 1936 |
Launched | 25 August 1938 |
Commissioned | 12 June 1939 |
Fate | Scuttled at Oran, 9 November 1942 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Minerve-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 68.1 m (223 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 42 |
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Following Operation Torch, she was scuttled by her crew at Oran on 9 November 1942, to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Allies. She was later salvaged by the Allies in early 1943, but not put back into commission, and was eventually struck in 1944. [1]
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