The Aurore class was a class

Ship class

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 of coastal submarine

Submarine

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s designed for the French Navy

French Navy

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. Some of the ships were captured by Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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 after the Fall of France, most of them in an unfinished state.

Five of the ships, Andromède, Astrée

Astrée (Q200)

The Astrée was an Aurore class submarine of the French navy.Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-3 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France....

, Africaine

Africaine (Q196)

Africaine was an of the French navy.Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France....

, Artémis and Créole

Créole (Q193)

Créole was an of the French navy.The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea...

, were completed after the war, were commissioned in the French Navy and served into the 1960s. Andromède, Artémis and Créole

Créole (Q193)

Créole was an of the French navy.The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea...

 were fitted with GUPPY

Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program

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 sails and Submarine snorkel

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s.

Ships

• Aurore (Q192)

Builder: Toulon

Ordered:

Launched: 1939

Fate: Scuttled during the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon

Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon

The French fleet in Toulon was scuttled on 27 November 1942 on the order of the Admiralty of Vichy France to avoid capture by Nazi German forces during Operation Lila of the Case Anton takeover of Vichy France.- Context :...

 in 1942

• Créole
  Créole (Q193)
  Créole was an of the French navy.The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea...
  
   (Q193)

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched: 8 June 1940

Fate: Broken up in 1961

• Bayadère (Q194)

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

• Favorite
  Favorite (Q195)
  The Favorite was an Aurore class submarine of the French navy. She was captured by the Germans in June 1940 and recommissioned in the Kriegsmarine as UF-2 in May 1941.- Career :...
  
   (Q195)

Builder: Rouen

Ordered:

Launched: September 1938

Fate: taken by the Germans, scuttled in July 1944

• Africaine
  Africaine (Q196)
  Africaine was an of the French navy.Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France....
  
   (Q196)

Builder: Rouen

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1963

• Astrée
  Astrée (Q200)
  The Astrée was an Aurore class submarine of the French navy.Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-3 on 13 May 1941, but never completed during the German occupation of France....
  
   (Q200)

Builder: Nantes

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1965

• Andromède (Q201)

Builder: Nantes

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1965

• Antigone (Q202)

Builder: Chalon-sur-Saône

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

• Andromaque (Q203)

Builder: Rouen

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

• Artémis (Q206)

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1967

• Armide (Q207)

Builder: Rouen

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

• Hermione (Q211)

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up on keel

• Gorgone (Q212)

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up on keel

• Clorinde (Q213)

Builder: Nantes

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Broken up in 1940 still on keel, never finished

• Cornélie (Q214)

Builder:

Ordered:

Launched:

Fate: Keel never laid

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Les sous marins de type "AURORE"