surcouf

Career (France)





Name:

Surcouf



Namesake:

Robert Surcouf



Ordered:

December 1927



Launched:

18 October 1929



Commissioned:

May 1934



Struck:

6 December 1943



Fate:

Sunk, 18 February 1942



General characteristics



Type:

Submarine



Displacement:

3,250 long tons (3,300 t) (surfaced)
4,304 long tons (4,373 t) (submerged)
2,880 long tons (2,930 t) (dead)



Length:

110 t (108.262718 LT; 121.254244 ST)110 m (361 ft)



Beam:

9 m (29 ft 6 in)



Draft:

7.25 m (23 ft 9 in)



Installed power:

7,600 hp (5,700 kW) (surfaced)
3,400 hp (2,500 kW) (submerged)



Propulsion:

2 × Sulzer diesel engines (surfaced)
2 × electric motors (submerged)
2 × screws



Speed:

18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) (surfaced)
10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (submerged)



Range:

Surfaced: 18,500 km (10,000 nmi; 11,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
12,600 km (6,800 nmi; 7,800 mi) at 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Submerged: 130 km (70 nmi; 81 mi) at 4.5 kn (8.3 km/h; 5.2 mph)
110 km (59 nmi; 68 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)



Endurance:

90 days



Test depth:

80 m (260 ft)



Boats and landing
craft carried:

1 × motorboat in watertight deck well



Capacity:

280 long tons (280 t)



Complement:

8 officers and 110 men



Armament:

2 × 203 mm (8 in) guns (1x2)
2 × 37 mm (1.46 in) anti-aircraft guns (2x1)
4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns (2x2)
6 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes)
4 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)



Aircraft carried:

1 × Besson MB.411 floatplane






Surcouf


This the huge French sub ram ed by a Canadian ship on orders of the convey captain because every time it when down they would loss a ship.The third time-it went down the convoy captain give orders when it came up to sink it.