French submarine Eurydice (S644)
Flore, sister ship of Eurydice
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Name | Eurydice |
Namesake | Eurydice, a character in Greek mythology |
Launched | 19 June 1962 |
Commissioned | 26 September 1964 |
Homeport | Saint-Tropez, France |
Identification | S644 |
Fate | Sunk 4 March 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Daphné-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 57.75 m (189 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 6.74 m (22 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 5.25 m (17 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 shp (1,200 kW) |
Speed |
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Range | Surfaced: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) 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 eleven of the Daphné class.
On 4 March 1970, while Eurydice was submerged under calm seas off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) east of Toulon, France, 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 search for the missing sub continued for nearly seven weeks. The United States Navy oceanographic research ship USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11) also took part in the search and on 22 April 1970 discovered several large pieces of wreckage off Cape Camarat near Saint-Tropez at depths ranging from 600 to 1,100 metres (2,000 to 3,600 ft).
The cause of the explosion was never determined. All 57 crew were lost.
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- "Mystery of French submarine disasters can never be unveiled". Submariners World. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- "Daphné the Doomed". Time. 16 March 1970. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. 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.
External links
[edit]- "La Tragédie de La Minerve" (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- Daphné-class submarines of the French Navy
- Ships built in France
- 1962 ships
- Cold War submarines of France
- Lost submarines of France
- Maritime incidents in 1970
- Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
- Warships lost with all hands
- Submarines lost with all hands
- French submarine accidents
- Ships sunk by non-combat internal explosions