Navy | The French Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | Redoutable |
Pennant | |
Built by | Arsenal de Lorient (Lorient, France) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 3 Mar 1927 |
Launched | 10 Apr 1929 |
Commissioned | 1 Sep 1932 |
Lost | 7 Nov 1940 |
Loss position | 0° 20'S, 8° 50'E |
History | Sunk off Gabon in position 00º20'S, 08º50'E by the British sloop HMS Milford. |
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Notable events involving Poncelet include:
29 Sep 1939
Poncelet (Lt. P.H.S.B. De Saussine du Pont de Gault) intercepts and captures the German merchant Chemnitz (5522 GRT) of the Azores in position 38°05'N, 30°40'W. A prize crew took the Chemnitz to Casablanca. She was renamed Saint Bernard by the French.