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S-601 L´Androméde

S-601 L´Androméde

Country: France France

Class, [Type]: Aurore, [SS].

Builder: Dubigeon, Nantes, France.

Launch date: 17 November 1949.

Commission date: 14 March 1952.

Decommission date: 03 July 1964.

Displacement ( tons ): 893,1 surfaced, 1.170 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 73,5 x 6,5 x 3,9

Main machinery: 2 x Schneider diesel ( 3.000 hp ), 2 x electric ( 1.400 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15,5 surfaced; 9,3 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 80 at 5 knots submerged; 2.250 at 15,5 knots surfaced, 5.600 at 10 knots surfaced.

Complement: 46 ( 4 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 100mm, 1 x 13,2mm ( all removed later ).

Torpedoes: 9 x 550mm tubes.

Comment: Ex - Q-201. Max depth 100 meters.