French submarine Cérès (1938)

History
France
Name	Cérès
Namesake	Ceres
Builder	Chantiers Worms, Rouen
Laid down	8 August 1936
Launched	9 December 1938
Commissioned	15 July 1939
Stricken	18 February 1946
Identification	Q190
Fate	Scuttled, 9 November 1942 Salvaged, 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Minerve-class submarine
Displacement	662 long tons (673 t) surfaced 856 long tons (870 t) submerged
Length	68.1 m (223 ft 5 in)
Beam	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesels 1,800 bhp (1,342 kW) 2 × electric motors 1,230 shp (917 kW)
Speed	14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	42
Armament	1 × 75 mm (3 in) deck gun 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA gun 6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 3 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes

Cérès (Q190) was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy. The submarine was laid down at the Chantiers Worms shipyard in Rouen on 8 August 1936, launched on 9 December 1938,^[1] and commissioned 15 July 1939.^[2]

Following Operation Torch, she was scuttled by her crew at Oran on 9 November 1942, to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Allies.^[1] She was later salvaged by the Allies in early 1943, but not put back into commission, and was eventually struck on 18 February 1946.^[2]

See also

• List of submarines of France

References

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