Sfax, Redoutable class submarine in Saint-Nazaire, France
The submarine Sfax measured 92.30 meters in length and 8.20 meters in width, featuring two Sulzer diesel engines and two electric motors for propulsion.
Commissioned in 1935, the Sfax conducted patrols along Spanish coasts at the beginning of World War II from its base in Brest.
The submarine demonstrated French naval engineering capabilities of the 1930s, equipped with nine torpedo tubes and a 100-millimeter deck gun.
The vessel maintained a range of 4000 nautical miles at 17 knots on surface and could reach depths of 80 meters when submerged.
On December 19, 1940, German submarine U-37 mistakenly torpedoed the Sfax off Cape Juby, leaving only four survivors from sixty-four crew members.
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