French submarine Casabianca (1935)

*Casabianca*
History
France
Name	Casabianca
Namesake	Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
Ordered	1 June 1925
Laid down	7 March 1931
Launched	2 February 1935
Commissioned	1 January 1937
Stricken	12 February 1952
Homeport	Toulon
Fate	Scrapped in 1956
General characteristics
Class and type	Redoutable-class submarine
Displacement	1500 tonnes (surfaced); 2000 tonnes (submerged);
Length	92.30 m (302.8 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesels, of 4,300 hp; 2 electric engines of 1,200 hp;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (surfaced); 10 knots (submerged);
Range	14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8 mph),; 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (20 km/h; 10 mph); 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph); 90 nautical miles (170 km) at 7 knots (submerged);
Test depth	80 meters
Complement	5 officers (6 in operations); 79 men;
Armament	11 torpedo tubes; 1 × 100 mm gun; 1 × 13.2 mm machine gun;

Casabianca (Q183) was a Redoutable-class submarine of the French Navy. The class is also known as the "1500-ton class" and were termed in French de grande patrouille. She was named after Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca. Launched in 1935, she entered service in 1936. She escaped from Toulon during the scuttling of the fleet there on 27 November 1942, and continued in service with the Allied forces. Casabianca, commanded by Capitaine de frégate Jean L'Herminier, had a role in the liberation of Corsica, and was an important link between occupied France and the Free French government based in Algiers.

Casabianca was one of only five of the 31 Redoutable-class submarines to survive the Second World War.

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