French submarine Eurydice (S644)
Flore, sister ship of Eurydice | |
History | |
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Name: | Eurydice |
Launched: | 19 June 1962 |
Commissioned: | 26 September 1964 |
Out of service: | 4 March 1970 |
Homeport: | Saint-Tropez |
Identification: | S644 |
Fate: | Lost in accident 4 March 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Daphné-class submarine |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 57.75 m (189.5 ft) |
Beam: | 6.74 m (22.1 ft) |
Draught: | 5.25 m (17.2 ft) |
Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 shp |
Speed: |
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Range: | Surfaced: 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
Endurance: | 30 days |
Test depth: | 300 m (980 ft) |
Eurydice was a French submarine, one of nine of the Daphné class.
On 4 March 1970, while diving in calm seas off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, 35 miles (56 km) east of Toulon, a geophysical laboratory picked up the shock waves of an underwater explosion. French and Italian search teams found an oil slick and a few bits of debris, including a part that bore the name Eurydice.
The cause of the explosion was never determined. All 57 crew were lost.
References
- "Daphné the Doomed". Time. 16 March 1970. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- "Historique du sous-marin Eurydice" (in French). Net-Marine. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- "La Flotte de guerre française en 1968" (in French). Net-Marine. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
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