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French submarine Africaine (Q196)

Africaine (Q196) ("African") was an Aurore-class submarine of the French navy.

Still incomplete, she was captured by the Germans in June 1940. She was renamed UF-1 on 13 May 1941 by the Kriegsmarine, but never completed during the German occupation of France.

She was recaptured, completed under her original name, and launched on 7 December 1946. The Africaine was taken out of service in 1961 and was stricken on 28 February 1963 as the Q334.

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French submarine Favorite (Q195)

The Favorite ("Favourite") was an Aurore class submarine of the French Navy. She was captured by the Germans in June 1940 and recommissioned in the Kriegsmarine as UF-2 in May 1941.

Career

The Favorite was laid down in 1937 in Rouen, and launched in September 1938. She never participated in any patrols with the French Navy.

After her capture, she was commissioned into Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine on 5 November 1942 and used as a training ship in the 5th Flotilla (Kiel) from November 1942 to October 1943, as well as in the U-Abwehrschule (Bergen), from November 1943 to July 1944.

She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944, and scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945.

Commanders

The submarine was initially commanded by Korvettenkapitän Georg Lange, who served from November 1942 to October 1943. He lost command due to the loss of the boat. Oberleutnant zur See Heinrich Gehrken, served from the time Georg Lange lost the boat, until July 1944.

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