HISTORY OF THE PECIO. After serving in Toulon with the 7th and later the 5th Submarine Squadron, in 1937 Rubis was transferred to Cherbourg.

During the Norwegian campaign in May 1940, the Rubis laid mines off the Norwegian coast. At the time of the French surrender on June 22, 1940, the ship was in the port of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom, where the ship quickly joined the flag of the Free French Forces. At the time, it was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Georges Cabanier.

While mining in Norway in mid-1941, the Rubis encountered and torpedoed a Finnish merchant ship. Later in the war, the ship laid mines in the Bay of Biscay, claiming as its victims three German auxiliary minesweepers, an armed trawler and a French Vichy tug in 1942, and a fourth auxiliary minesweeper in 1943. Operating off Stavanger In September 1944, its mines claimed more victims: two auxiliary submarine hunters and two merchant ships. In October and November, the Rubis continued in Norwegian waters, damaging but not sinking two vessels. On December 21, the ship's mines struck with three auxiliary submarine hunters, a German merchant ship, and a minesweeper.

Throughout the war, the Rubis conducted 22 operational patrols, laying about 683 mines and sinking some 21,000 GRT. With 22 ships sunk (14 of them German, including 12 from war), the Rubis achieved the highest death toll in the FNFL.

Located around Cap Camarat, between Cavalaire and Saint Tropez, the Rubis is a "must dive" in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a mine-laying submarine that left Toulon in 1931. It is 66 m long by 7 m wide and 8 m high. He served in Norway, later heading to Scotland and the Mediterranean as reinforcement, during WWII. In 1945, it returned to Oran in Algeria, where it was stripped of its weapons and served as a training submarine until 1950. On January 31, 1958, Commander Riffaud sank it 3 km from Cap Camarat.

THE IMMERSIONThe wreck sits perfectly horizontal 40 meters deep on the sand, as if it were going to lift moorings at any moment. Penetration is not safe, but its insides can still be seen through some open hatches and the top deck, which is collapsed. Most of the equipment, instruments, and torpedo launchers are still there.

Large groupers abound and strong currents are common, but that makes the visibility just stunning.