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Friday, 9 September 2011

German ocean-going submarine U 510 1940-1945 and French submarine Bouan 1945-1959 and Q176 1959-1960



Her building at the Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, Germany ordered on 20 October 1939, laid down on with yard number 306 on 1 November 1940, launched on 4 September 1941, commissioned on 25 November 1941 in the Kriegsmarine, decommissioned at St. Nazaire, France on 9 May 1945, handed over to France on 12 May 1945, on 24 June 1947 in the French navy. Condemned and renamed Q176 on 23 November 1959 and broken up in 1960. Tonnage 1.120 (surfaced)-1.232 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,76 x 6,79 x 4,65 metres. Speed 18,30 (surfaced)-7,30 (submerged) knots. Diving depth 230 metres. A IXC-design.