![]() The ship had a crew of 45, composed of six officers and 39 enlisted. Minerve was fitted with 12 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes, with eight in the bow and four in the stern. The submarine was designed to dive to a depth of 300 m (980 ft). The ship's machinery and equipment were modular to ease maintenance. The submarine had diesel-electric propulsion, with two 12-cylinder SEMP Pielstick diesel engines rated at a total of 1,300 bhp (970 kW) and one electric motor, rated at 1,600 shp (1,200 kW), which drove two propeller shafts, giving a speed of 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h 15.5 mph) on the surface and 16 kn (30 km/h 18 mph) submerged. Displacement was 883 t (869 long tons) surfaced and 1,060 t (1,043 long tons) submerged. Minerve had an overall length of 57.8 m (190 ft), with a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft) and a draught of 5.25 m (17.2 ft). The design was a development of the Aréthuse class, and were required to keep the low noise levels and high manoeuvrability of the smaller submarines, while also keeping a small crew and being easy to maintain. The Daphné class comprised second-class submarines, intermediate between the larger, ocean-going submarines of the Narval class and the small, specialised, antisubmarine vessels of the Aréthuse class. After more than 50 years missing, the location of the wreck was discovered in 2019, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Toulon. Minerve was one of four submarines lost to unknown causes in 1968 along with the Soviet submarine K-129, the American USS Scorpion, and Israeli submarine INS Dakar. Minerve sank two days after the submarine INS Dakar of the Israeli Navy disappeared in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus. In January 1968, Minerve was lost with all hands in bad weather while returning to her home port of Toulon. The vessel was one of 11 of the Daphné class. Minerve was a diesel–electric submarine in the French Navy, launched in 1961. ![]() 1,038 tonnes (1,022 long tons) submerged.Lost with a crew of 52 on 27 January 1968 in the Gulf of Lion wreckage discovered on 22 July 2019
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