Allied Warships

Espadon

Submarine of the Requin class

NavyThe French Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassRequin 
Pennant 
Built byArsenal de Toulon (Toulon, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Oct 1923 
Launched28 May 1926 
Commissioned16 Dec 1927 
End service8 Dec 1942 
Loss position
 
History

Disarmed at Bizerte, Tunisia in April 1941.
Captured there by the Italians on 8 December 1942 and renamed FR 114.
Scuttled by the Italians at the Castellamare shipyard on 13 September 1943.
Raised by the Germans in 1943 but not repaired.

 

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