French submarine Casabianca (Q183)
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| Namesake: | Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca |
| Ordered: | June 1 1925 |
| Laid down: | March 7 1931 |
| Launched: | February 2 1935 |
| Commissioned: | January 1 1937 |
| Struck: | 12 February 1952 |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Nickname(s): | Casabianca |
| Fate: | scrapped in 1956 |
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| Class and type: | 1500 tons class submarine |
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| Length: | 92.30 m (302.8 ft) |
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| Test depth: | 80 meters |
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Le Casabianca (Q183) was a (French: ) was a 1500-ton class submarine of the French Navy dits «de grande patrouille», named in honour of Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca. The boat was launched in 1935 and entered service in 1936. The boat remained famous for making way out of Toulon during the scuttling of the fleet on November 27 1942 in order to continue combats along with the Allies. The boat illustrated capability during the Liberation of Corsica (French: ) under the orders of Capitaine de frégate Jean l'Herminier. The boast ensured the liaison between occupied France and the état major of combatant France based in Algiers.
The boat is one out of 5 submarines of this class, out of thirty one, to survive the Second World War.
The boat was initially suppose to be namesake « Casablanca ». François Piétri, then minister of the navy, who was Corsican, was astonished that the glorious Corsican Marin Casabianca would not be held by any naval vessel of the French Navy. Accordingly, the « Casablanca » was replaced with « Casabianca » prior to the launching.
In December 1939, the boat escorted convoy HX 11 (French: ).
On November 27 1942, while the annexation of the free zone by the Germans would lead to the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon to avoid for the latter of falling into then hands of the Germans, Capitaine de corvette Jean L'Herminier, Commandant of the « Casabianca », preferred to get functional and along with the accords of his officers and crew who desired to continue the fight with the Allies, he decided to make way to Algiers. During the voyage, the boat was attacked by German war planes and was worried by the presence of a Royal Navy destroyer. Along with the five submarines which made way out of the scuttling with the Casabianca, two others, Le Glorieux (French: ) and Le Marsouin continued to be combat engaged alongside the Allies.
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