In service 1958 - 1981 Retired 4 | Succeeded by Daphné Completed 4 Preserved 1 | |
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The Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced sensors and were very quiet. They were influenced by the World War II German Type XXIII U-boat. They were always based in the Mediterranean.
The Daphné class submarines are an enlarged version built for the French, Pakistani, Portuguese, Spanish and South African Navies.
Ships
All of the boats were built by the Arsenal de Cherbourg.
References
Aréthuse-class submarine Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA