| Navy | The French Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Diane |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Ch. Worms (Rouen, France) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 28 Dec 1928 |
| Launched | 18 Aug 1930 |
| Commissioned | 12 Oct 1933 |
| End service | 26 Apr 1946 |
| History | Escaped from Casablanca to Dakar during the Allied landing in North Africa and rejoined the Allies. |
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Notable events involving Antiope include:
20 May 1940
While on patrol in the North Sea, Antiope (Lt. M.A.L. Balastre) fires 3 torpedoes at her sister ship La Sybille (Lt.Cdr. A.J.R. Raybaud) in position 53°23'N, 03°44'E. Fortunately the torpedoes miss their target.
11 May 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) and the Vichy-French merchant Gallium (1775 GRT, built 1924) are intercepted by a Vichy French force of one destroyer and four submarines. Gallium contacted the destroyer and then set course to follow the French force.
0150A/11 - In position 36°50'N, 00°45'W, sighted a French destroyer and four submarines in line ahead. (This was the Vichy French torpedo boat La Bayonnaise and the submarines Antiope, Diane, Eurydice and Thetis.)
0158A/11 - Gallium signalled the destroyer that she had been seized by the British submarine.
0200A/11 - The French destroyer ordered Gallium to follow her. Gallium proceeded accordingly.
0220A/11 - Truant signalled a protest to the French destroyer that Gallium had been ordered to proceed to Gibraltar for examination. The destroyer replied that she had been ordered to escort Gallium to France. (1)
28 Mar 1944
ORP Dzik (Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.) B.S. Romanowski), Antiope and FT 16 [Fleet Tender] departed Gibraltar to the westward. They were escorted by HMS Haarlem (T/Lt. D.A. King, RNVR). (2)
28 Dec 1944
Antiope departed Key West, Florida, USA for the Philadelphia Navy Yard for a refit.
2 Jan 1945
Antiope arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from Key West, Florida, USA for a refit.
21 Mar 1945
Antiope departed the Philadelphia Navy Yard for Key West, Florida, USA.
26 Mar 1945
Antiope arrived at Key West, Florida, USA.
12 Jul 1945
Antiope departed Key West, Florida, USA for Oran, Algeria via Bermuda and Ponta Delgada, Azores.
23 Jul 1945
Antiope departed Bermuda for Oran, Algeria via Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Sources
- ADM 199/1861
- ADM 199/1853 + ADM 199/2494
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.