Docking in France After a Short Tour
The test cruise of Minerve took place in 1962, where she went from base to Londonderry in Northern Ireland. After leaving, she went to Bergen, the west coast of Norway then to Gothenburg port, a city in Sweden. When that trip was completed, she rested along France’s Atlantic coast at the Cherbourg port. And what an incredibly long journey it was, with such an incredible maiden voyage, made possible by a fantastically capable crew.
Mediterrenean Sea Used for Crusing
After leaving Cherbourg, Minerve went back home to Toulon on the Mediterranean. For the rest of her career, until her disappearance, she used the Mediterranean sea as the source of most of her cruise. As noted earlier in January 1968, before the ship had sunk, it was sailing on the Mediterranean. Plenty of European ports saw this grand submarine make an appearance in their docks, and the Minerve soon became a common and famous sight for dockworkers and military personnel alike.