French submarine Africaine (Q196)

	Model of Africaine
History
France
Name	Africaine
Namesake	"African"
Ordered	1937
Builder	Rouen
Laid down	December 1937
Fate	Incomplete, captured by German in June 1940
Nazi Germany
Name	UF-1
Acquired	June 1940
Fate	Captured by Allies
France
Name	Africaine
Launched	7 December 1946
Commissioned	October 1949
Decommissioned	1961
Stricken	28 February 1963
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Aurore-class submarine
Displacement	900 tonnes (890 long tons) surfaced; 1,170 tonnes (1,150 long tons) submerged;
Length	73.5 m (241 ft)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel: 3000 shp (2237 KW); 1400 shp (1044 KW) electrical;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced; 9 knots submerged;
Range	5,600 nmi (10,400 km; 6,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); 2,250 nmi (4,170 km; 2,590 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph); 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Armament	1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun; 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 9 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes;

Africaine (Q196) ("African") was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940 during World War II. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.

She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as Q334.

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