| Navy | The French Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Surcouf |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Arsenal de Cherbourg (Cherbourg, France) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Oct, 1927 |
| Launched | 18 Nov, 1929 |
| Commissioned | 3 May, 1934 |
| Lost | 18 Feb, 1942 |
| Loss position | 10.40N, 79.31W (See a map) |
| History | Seized on 3 July 1940 by the British while at Plymouth. Transferred to the Free Fench Navy. Surcouf (A/Cdr. G.L.N. Blaison) was sunk on 18 February 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico in position 10º40'N, 79º31'W after a collision with the American merchant ship Thomson Lykes. There were no survivors, 130 officers and men (including some British) went down with the ship. |
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