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Tuesday, February 19th 2013, 9:20pm

Roland Morillot

The fleet boat mentioned in the French news, a follow-on to the 1939 Protee class. Only two will be built. A sort of testbed for future submarine gear and design techniques.

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[SIZE=3]Roland Morillot-class Submarine[/SIZE]
Date: 1943
Type: Oceanic
Length: 90.0m
Beam: 8.7m
Draft: 5.2m
Crush depth: 300m
Light Displacement 1450t
Loaded Displacement 1724t
Full Displacement 2036t
wt fuel&batts: 600t
Reserve buoyancy: 15%

Armament:
- 1 x 100mm deck gun
- 2 x 40mm AA guns
- 2 x 15mm machine guns
- 8 x 550mm torpedo tubes (six bow, two stern)
- 24 tons for mines or reload torpedoes
ElecHP: 3200hp
DieselHP: 6900hp
Speed:
- Max Surf Speed: 19 knots
- Max Sub Speed: 9.9 knots
Range:
- Surfaced: 8635nm@12 knots
- Submerged: 82nm@6 knots / 25nm@9 knots
Tons Oil: 250.0t
Tons Battery: 350.0t
Miscellaneous Weight: 49 tons
- 5 tons for twin 40mm gun
- 1 ton for 15mm machine guns
- 9 tons for rostrum (snort) and systems
- 10 tons for hydrophones and electronics
- 24 tons for miscellaneous gear, stores, and systems

Crew: 62

Units in Class:
- Roland Morillot (Q264)
- Charles Drujon (Q265)