French submarine Créole (Q193)

	Model of Africaine, sister ship of Créole.
History
France
Name	Créole
Namesake	"Creol"
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	1937
Launched	8 June 1940
Commissioned	1 April 1949
Fate	Scrapped 1963
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 2 in)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Diesel: 2,200 kW (3,000 shp); 1,000 kW (1,400 shp) electrical;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) 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; 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) submerged at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph);
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Armament	1 × 100 mm deck gun; 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns; 9 × 550 mm torpedo tubes;

Créole (Q193) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French Navy.

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