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  • Arethuse class submarine
The Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced sensors and were very quiet. They were influenced by the World War II German Type XXIII U-boat. They were always based in the Mediterranean. The Daphné class submarines are an enlarged version built for the French, Pakistani, Portuguese, Spanish and... full article at wikipedia
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