View source for French submarine Favorite (Q195)

{{other ships|French ship Favorite}}

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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=L'Africaine submarine model.jpg
|Ship caption=A model of {{ship|French submarine|Africaine|Q196|2}}, sister ship of ''Favorite''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=France
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}}
|Ship name=''Favorite''
|Ship namesake="Favourite"
|Ship ordered=1937
|Ship builder=[[Rouen]]
|Ship laid down=December 1937
|Ship launched=September 1938
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship captured=
|Ship struck=
|Ship fate=Incomplete, captured by Germans in June 1940<ref name="uboatnet"/>
|Ship notes=
}}
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|Ship country=[[Nazi Germany]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
|Ship name=''UF-2''
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=
|Ship acquired=June 1940
|Ship commissioned=5 November 1942
|Ship decommissioned=5 July 1944
|Ship struck=
|Ship fate=[[Scuttling|Scuttled]] at [[Gdynia|Gotenhafen]] in 1945
|Ship notes=
}}
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|Header caption={{sfn|Gröner|1991|pp=106–107}}
|Ship class={{sclass|Aurore|submarine}}
|Ship displacement=
*{{convert|818|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|1078|t|LT|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|73.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[o/a]]
|Ship beam={{convert|6.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a
|Ship draught={{convert|4.57|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=
*Diesel: {{cvt|3000|shp|kW|lk=on|order=flip}}
*Electrical: {{cvt|1400|shp|kW|order=flip}}
|Ship speed=
*{{convert|15.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|10|kn}} submerged
|Ship range=
*{{convert|5600|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
*{{convert|80|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|5|kn}} submerged
|Ship test depth={{cvt|100|m|ft}}
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship complement=3 officers, 37 enlisted
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
*1 × {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}} deck gun
*2 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} machine guns
*9 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
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}}
{{Infobox service record
|is_ship=yes
|label=Service record as ''UF-2''<ref name="uboatnet"/>
|partof=
*[[5th U-boat Flotilla]]
*November 1942 – August 1943
*[[U-boat Defense School]]
*August 1943 – July 1944
|codes=M 50 058
|commanders=
*''[[K.Kapt.]]'' Georg Lange<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/692.html
 |title=Georg Lange
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=Uboat.net
 |access-date=30 April 2016
}}</ref>
*5 November 1942 – October 1943
*''[[Oblt.z.S.]]'' Heinrich Gehrken<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://uboat.net/men/commanders/342.html
 |title=Heinrich Gehrken
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=Uboat.net
 |access-date=30 April 2016
}}</ref>
*October 1943 – 5 July 1944
|operations=None
|victories=None
}}
|}

'''''Favorite''''' was an {{sclass|Aurore|submarine}} of the [[French Navy]]. The boat was captured by the German in June 1940 and renamed '''''UF-2''''' on 13 May 1941.<ref name="uboatnet">{{cite web
 |url= http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_uf2.htm
 |title=Foreign U-boats UF-2
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
 |access-date=28 July 2013
}}</ref>

== Career ==
''Favorite'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] in December 1937 in [[Rouen]], and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in September 1938. She never participated in any patrols with the [[French Navy]].

After her capture, she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into [[Nazi Germany]]'s ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' on 5 November 1942 and used as a [[training ship]] in the [[5th U-boat Flotilla|5th Flotilla]] ([[Kiel]]) from November 1942 to August 1943, as well as in the ''U-Abwehrschule'' (Bergen), from August 1943 to July 1944. She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944, and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] at [[Gdynia|Gotenhafen]] in 1945.<ref name="uboatnet"/>

== See also ==
*[[List of submarines of France]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 }}
*{{cite book
|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|title=Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945
|series=Der U-Boot-Krieg
|volume=IV
|publisher=Mittler
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn
|year=1999
|isbn=3-8132-0514-2
|language=German
}}
*{{cite book
|last1=Gröner
|first1=Erich
|last2=Jung
|first2=Dieter
|last3=Maass
|first3=Martin
|translator-last1=Thomas
|translator-first1=Keith
|translator-last2=Magowan
|translator-first2=Rachel
|year=1991
|title=U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels
|volume=2
|series=German Warships 1815–1945
|location=London
|publisher=Conway Maritime Press
|isbn=0-85177-593-4
|ref=CITEREFGröner1991
}}

==External links==
*{{cite web
 |url=http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_uf2.htm 
 |title=UF-2
 |last=Helgason
 |first=Guðmundur
 |website=German U-boats of World War II - Uboat.net
}}

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{{Foreign U-boats}}
{{1945 shipwrecks}}

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