IRIS (Q188) 1940
'Minerve' class submarine built
at Chantiers et Ateliers Dubigeon, Nantes and completed in 1936. 662/573 tons,
14/9 knots, armed with 9 torpedo tubes, 1-3in gun, 2-0.5in machine guns. Iris served in the French Navy for the Allies until June 1940 and then for Vichy France. She escaped Toulon harbour in November, 1942 and was interned by Spain in Barcelona. Returned to France in 1945 and decommissioned in 1950.
1:1250 scale metal model made in Germany by Rhenania, No. RHE 174. It is 5.3cm (2.1in) long
and highly detailed.