Bévéziers (Q179)
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| Career France |   |
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| Commissioned: | 1935 |
| Struck: | 26 December 1946. |
| Status: | scrapped |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1500 tonnes (surfaced) 2000 tonnes (submerged) |
| Length: | 92.30 m |
| Beam: | |
| Propulsion: | 2 diesels, of 4,300 HP 2 electric engines of 1,200 HP |
| Speed: | 20 knots (surfaced) 10 knots (submerged) |
| Range: | 14,000 miles at 7 knots, 10,000 miles at 10 knots |
| Test depth: | 80 meters |
| Complement: | 5 officers (6 in operations) 79 men |
| Armament: | 11 torpedo tubes 1 x 100 mm gun |
The Bévéziers (Q179) was a 1500-tonne submarine of the French navy, name in honour of the Bataille de Béveziers.
The Bévéziers was based in the Caraibes. At the beginning of the Second World War, she sailed to England, before joining French West Africa. She was in Dakar during the Battle of Dakar, under Capitaine de Corvette Lancelot. ; she managed to torpedo HMS Resolution.
She sailed back to Toulon before joining Madagascar.
On the 5 May 1942, she was sunk by British planes. She was raised by the Allies the next year, placed in the reserve, and struck in 1946.
