French submarine Africaine (Q196)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Africaine.

Model of the Africaine
History
France
Name	Africaine
Namesake	"African"
Captured	by Nazi Germany in June 1940
Nazi Germany
Name	UF-1
Acquired	June 1940
France
Name	Africaine
Launched	7 December 1946
Out of service	1961
Stricken	Broken up on 28 February 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	Aurore class
Displacement	900 tonnes surfaced 1170 tonnes 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. 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. The Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as the Q334.