French submarine Surcouf
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Surcouf [syʁ.kuf] was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine of the mid 20th century. She carried two 8" guns as well as anti-aircraft guns and (for most of her career) a floatplane. Surcouf served in the French Navy and, later, the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War.
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Surcouf c. 1935 | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Surcouf |
Namesake | Robert Surcouf |
Ordered | 4 August 1926 |
Builder | Cherbourg Arsenal |
Laid down | 1 July 1927 |
Launched | 18 November 1929 |
Commissioned | 16 April 1934 |
In service | 1934–1942 |
Refit | 1941 |
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Honors and awards | Resistance Medal with rosette |
Fate | Disappeared, 18 February 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruiser submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 110 m (361 ft) |
Beam | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Range | |
Endurance | 90 days |
Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × motorboats in watertight deck well |
Capacity | 280 long tons (284 t) |
Complement | 8 officers and 110 men |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Besson MB.411 floatplane |
Aviation facilities | Hangar |
Surcouf disappeared during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with the US freighter Thompson Lykes, although this is not definitely established. She was named after the French privateer and shipowner Robert Surcouf. She was the largest submarine built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400 class aircraft carrier submarine in 1944.