page_title: French submarine Créole (Q193)
hierarchical_section_title: French submarine Créole (Q193)
context_page_description: Créole (Q193) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French navy.
  The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea. On 1 July 1940, she was taken in British custody during Operation Catapult.
  The Créole was completed after the war and commissioned in the French Navy on 1 April 1949. Her silhouette was departed from the pre-war design, with a modified sail and a schnorchel.
  The Créole took part in the Suez Crisis, and sustained damage in a friendly fire incident with airplanes from the Arromanches.
  On 23 March 1962, she collided with the Sidi Ferruch, off Toulon, severely damaging her sail plan.
  The boat was eventually decommissioned and broken up in 1963.
context_section_description: Créole (Q193) was an Aurore-class submarine of the French navy.
  The Créole was launched on 8 June 1940 at Le Havre. To avoid capture by the advancing German armies, the Créole, still unfinished, was towed to La Pallice, and on 18 June she was taken in tow from La Pallice to Swansea. On 1 July 1940, she was taken in British custody during Operation Catapult .
  The Créole was completed after the war and commissioned in the French Navy on 1 April 1949. Her silhouette was departed from the pre-war design, with a modified sail and a schnorchel.
  The Créole took part in the Suez Crisis, and sustained damage in a friendly fire incident with airplanes from the Arromanches.
  On 23 March 1962, she collided with the Sidi Ferruch, off Toulon, severely  damaging her sail plan.
  The boat was eventually decommissioned and broken up in 1963.
caption: Model of the Africaine (Q196), sister-ship of the Créole
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