Name Méduse Class and type Diane-class submarine Launched 26 August 1930 Draft 4.3 m | Namesake Medusa Type submarine Length 64 m | |
Fate Wrecked 10 November 1942 Displacement surfaced 650 tons
submerged 810 tons | ||
Méduse was a Diane-class submarine of the French Navy. She was launched on 26 August 1930 at Le Havre, France.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Méduse served with the navy of Vichy France. During Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, she was wrecked on 10 November 1942 when she beached herself on the French North African coast to avoid sinking after suffering damage in an attack in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Blanc by United States Navy floatplanes based on the light cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41).
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