French submarine Morse (1925)

Morse

Morse in 1939
History
France
Name	Morse
Namesake	walrus
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	12 February 1923
Launched	9 May 1925
Commissioned	10 February 1928
Fate	Mined and sunk off Kerkenna on 16 June 1940.
General characteristics
Class and type	Requin-class submarine
Displacement	1,150 long tons (1,168 t) (surfaced) 1,441 long tons (1,464 t) (submerged)
Length	78.30 m (256 ft 11 in)
Beam	6.84 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 2,900 hp (2,163 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h) (surfaced) 9 knots (17 km/h) (submerged)
Range	7,700 nautical miles (14,300 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h) 70 nautical miles (130 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	51 men
Armament	10 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns

The French submarine Morse was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in February 1923, it was launched in May 1925 and commissioned in February 1928. On 16 June 1940, Morse, under the command of Jean Georges Charles Paris, struck a mine and sank in the same minefield off the Kerkennah Islands that sank her sister ship Narval six months later.