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French Submarine Plans 8 Junon 1935

Junon was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy.

She was seized by the British on 3 July 1940 [1] , shortly after the French surrender, and was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces. On 19 October 1942 she torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant SS Nordland off the west coast of Norway. She served in the post-war French Navy until being decommissioned on 6 December 1954. [2]

 
Career (France)  
Name: Junon 
Builder: Ch Augustin Normand, Le Havre 
Laid down: 9 June 1932 
Launched: 15 September 1935 
Commissioned: 20 September 1937 
Decommissioned: 6 December 1954 
General characteristics 
Class and type: Minerve-class submarine 
Displacement: surfaced 662 tons
submerged 856 tons 
Length: 68,1 m 
Beam: 5,6 m 
Draught: 4,0 m 
Propulsion: 2 x diesels (1,800 bhp)
2 x electric motors (1,230 shp) 
Speed: surfaced 14,2 knots
submerged 9 knots 

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