Rubis
Scuttled
French Navy, then Free French Naval Forces
| Type | Submarine |
|---|---|
| Class | Saphir |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 1 × 3″ gun |
Service
| to 1940 | Rubis | |
| 1940–1943 | Rubis Joined the Free French | |
| from 1943 | Rubis The Free French merged into the French Navy |
Minelaying submarine. Laid mines off Norway with the British in 1940, joined the Free French, and sank more than a dozen ships with her mines by 1945.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 3 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes
- 1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun
- 1 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine gun
- 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns
- 32 naval mines
| Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 3 April 1929 |
| Launched | 30 September 1931 |
| Commissioned | 4 April 1933 |
| Displacement | 761 long tons (773 t) (surfaced) 925 long tons (940 t) (submerged) |
| Length | 65.9 m (216 ft) |
| Speed | Surfaced: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Underwater: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 42 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.
Launched
30 September 1931
Joined the Free French Naval Forces
July 1940 · Joined the Free French
Joined the French Navy
August 1943 · The Free French merged into the French Navy
Fate
Scuttled
Scuttled on 31 January 1958 to be used as sonar target