Daphné-class Submarine

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The Daphné-class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.

Besides its eight torpedo tubes forward, this submarine class has four in the stern, which point rearward. All are for torpedoes of the French 550mm diameter; while the forward tubes hold full-length torpedoes, the stern tubes only shortened ones.

The forward diving planes are located below the midplane of the hull. Unlike those of modern German submarines, which are similarly located, they function by tilting and cannot retract; neither do they fold.

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

France[edit | edit source]

  • MN Daphné (S641)
  • MN Diane (S642)
  • MN Doris (S643)
  • MN Eurydice (S644) - lost in an accident on March 4th, 1970
  • MN Flore (S645) - decommissioned 1989, preserved as museum ship in Lorient, France
  • MN Galatée (S646)
  • MN Minerve (S647)
  • MN Junon (S648)
  • MN Vénus (S649)
  • MN Psyché (S650)
  • MN Sirène (S651)

Pakistan[edit | edit source]

  • PNS Hangor (S131) - Museum ship at the Pakistan Maritime Museum
  • PNS Shushuk (S132)
  • PNS Mangro (S133)
  • PNS Ghazi (S134)

Portugal[edit | edit source]

  • NRP Albacora (S163)
  • NRP Barracuda (164)
  • NRP Cachalote (S165)
  • NRP Delfim (S166)

South Africa[edit | edit source]

  • SAS Spear (S97) - former SAS Maria van Riebeeck
  • SAS Umkhonto (S98) - former SAS Emily Hobhouse
  • SAS Assegaai (S99) - former SAS Johanna van der Merwe, converted to museum ship

Spain[edit | edit source]

  • SPS Delfín (S61) - museum ship at Torrevieja
  • SPS Tonina (S62)
  • SPS Marsopa (S63)
  • SPS Narval (S64)

See Also[edit | edit source]