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French submarine Méduse (NN5)

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accidentally ran aground off Casablanca. She subsequently was placed under guard in a disarmed and unfueled state under the terms of the June 1940 armistices. By 23 October 1940 she was part of the 13th Submarine Division, in which she remained through at least March 1941.
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was reactivated at Oran in April 1942. By 1 November 1942 she was based in French Morocco as part of the 17th Submarine Division. By 8 November 1942 she was part of the 18th Submarine Division.
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on the coast of Algeria near Oran that day and demanded that the French Navy either turn over the ships based there to British custody or disable them. When the French refused, the British
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then approached, forcing her to submerge. After she surfaced again, her commanding officer decided to make for
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in French Morocco and Algeria, began in the predawn hours of 8 November 1942. That morning at 05:15,
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was refloated on 18 November 1942 and towed to Mazagan, but never returned to service.
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was authorized in the 1926 naval program under the naval law of 29 April 1926. and her
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at Casablanca, French forces at Casablanca went on alert that day, and that evening
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on 3 September 1939. Later in 1939 and in early 1940, she conducted patrols off the
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got underway from Casablanca to resist the invasion, with orders to patrol in the
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on the patrol line 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) from Casablanca.
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on 24 June. When both of the armistices went into effect on 25 June 1940,
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approached Casablanca on the surface, she came under attack and suffered
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sighted her that day after she beached herself, finding her down by the
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and Vichy French forces, she came under attack several times by a
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was at Casablanca, still in the 18th Submarine Division and still
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again got underway from Casablanca, this time with the submarine
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subsequently switched to the Allied side, joining the forces of
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put to sea to establish a standing submarine patrol along a 20-
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side until 1940, when she became part of the naval forces of
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MAZAGAN - AAMR (Amicale des Anciens de Mazagan et sa Région)
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but suffered no damage. At 09:50, she sighted the U.S. Navy
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For his actions during the Naval Battle of Casablanca,
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opened fire on the French ships in the harbor in the
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874:Fighting between Allied and Vichy French forces in 1724:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942 720:. Shortly after 10:00, she fired a spread of four 499:The Battle of France ended in France's defeat and 878:ended on 11 November 1942, and French forces in 439:German ground forces advanced into France, the 1046: 1044: 3142:World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 1709: 1338: 1185: 8: 740:decided to make for El Hank to recharge her 428:. France entered the war on the side of the 1057:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 989: 987: 985: 983: 981: 979: 977: 975: 973: 971: 969: 967: 965: 963: 961: 959: 957: 955: 953: 951: 949: 595:) radius from Casablanca. On 13 July 1940, 459:declared war on France on 10 June 1940 and 1716: 1702: 1694: 1345: 1331: 1323: 1192: 1178: 1170: 1007: 1005: 1003: 1001: 947: 945: 943: 941: 939: 937: 935: 933: 931: 929: 385:began on 1 September 1939 with the German 906:attacked on November 8 a battleship (the 663:between 125 degrees and 165 degrees from 23:For other ships with the same name, see 3010:Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon 925: 1151:"DANS LE SILLAGE DU SOUS-MARIN MEDUSE" 1092:"DANS LE SILLAGE DU SOUS-MARIN MÉDUSE" 759:On 9 November 1942, a floatplane from 496:, which they reached on 23 June 1940. 310:Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand 31: 1312:List of submarines of the French Navy 550:arrived off the French naval base at 401:in the 6th Squadron — along with her 43: 7: 3122:Maritime incidents in September 1940 813:beached herself at Mazagan north of 534:. On 3 July 1940, the British began 488:, got underway from Brest bound for 289:. She was wrecked in November 1942. 130:Refloated 18 November 1942 3127:Maritime incidents in November 1942 809:her. At 06:40 on 10 November 1942, 1105:Les sous-marins français en images 1066:Naval History and Heritage Command 1052:"Philadelphia V (CL-41) 1937-1951" 20:-class submarine commissioned 1932 14: 3117:World War II submarines of France 3077: 3072: 3060: 3052: 1679: 1674: 1662: 1654: 45: 659:in Sector 2 off French Morocco 393:was part of the 18th Submarine 332:, France, on 1 September 1932. 232:2 × electric motors (1,000 shp) 530:served in the naval forces of 451:on 10 May 1940, beginning the 397:— a part of the 2nd Submarine 293:Construction and commissioning 1: 791:and had taken on a 20-degree 484:and 13 submarines, including 320:, on 1 January 1928. She was 74:, one of the three monstrous 3112:Diane-class submarine (1930) 1090:Larue, Pierre (2 May 2013). 609:, to relieve the submarines 3132:Submarines sunk by aircraft 3168: 1098:(in French). No. 248. 752:. 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Index

French ship Méduse
Medusa
Gorgons
Greek mythology
scuttled
Diane-class
submarine
long tons
t
long tons
t
French Navy
Diane-class
submarine
commissioned
World War II
Allied
Vichy France
keel
laid down
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre
France
launched
commissioned
Cherbourg
sister ships
Amazone
La Psyché
Danaé

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