| Article number: | 10.11.013 |
The French submarine La Créole (S606) was a vessel of the Aurore class, a series of ten submarines built between 1939 and 1949. This class was designed for coastal defence and light attack missions.
Dimensions: Length 73.5 m, beam 6.5 m, draught 4.2 m
Displacement: 928 tonnes on the surface, 1,187 tonnes submerged
Speed: 15 knots on the surface, 9 knots submerged
Range: 5,600 nautical miles at 10 knots on the surface; 80 nautical miles at 5 knots submerged
Depth: Maximum diving depth 100 metres
Armament:
9 torpedo tubes (6 internal, 3 at the stern)
1 × 100 mm gun
1 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft machine gun
Crew: 44
Unlike the original designs, La Créole was fitted with a snorkel, allowing the diesel engines to run whilst submerged without having to surface completely. In addition, the 100 mm gun was replaced by an 88 mm gun at the front of the sail (periscope mast).
Launch date: 8 June 1940 in Le Havre
Commissioned: 1 April 1949
Decommissioned: 1961
Fate: Scrapped in 1963
La Créole was evacuated to Great Britain whilst still under construction during the Second World War to prevent it from being captured by the Germans. After the war, the ship was completed and entered service with the French Navy in 1949.
Suez Crisis (1956): La Créole took part in French operations in the Mediterranean during the Suez Crisis. During this mission, it was accidentally attacked by French aircraft from the aircraft carrier Arromanches, sustaining damage to its mast and antennas.
Incident with the Sidi Ferruch (1962): On 28 March 1962, during a training cruise, La Créole surfaced near the French passenger ship Sidi Ferruch, which was bringing 800 French soldiers back from Algeria. The two ships collided, causing serious damage to La Créole’s sail. The ship returned to Toulon under its own power, but the damage was too severe to repair, leading to the ship being decommissioned.
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10.11.013 |
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Author |
L. Hellstrom |
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Description |
French submarine "La Creole" S606 (1946) – "Creole" class (1939/49) |
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frames; also frames 1:50; side view; top and bottom views; some details |
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1 : 100 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Weight in grams |
65 |
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Details |
Overall length 72 cm |
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