General Discussions
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Re: Surcouf fate?
Posted by:
Joe Brennan
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Date: September 15, 2002 10:42AM
<HTML>Hi all
The Surcouf was never identified with any particular role with the Admiralty.
The whole concept design for this sub may have been acceptable in 1926 when it was mooted, but she was neither effective nor acceptable by the time WWII broke out. The Surcouf fate ended as she was sank in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1942, after she was rammed by a merchant vessel at the time....
or was she? (So it is believed?)
rds Joe</HTML>
The Surcouf was never identified with any particular role with the Admiralty.
The whole concept design for this sub may have been acceptable in 1926 when it was mooted, but she was neither effective nor acceptable by the time WWII broke out. The Surcouf fate ended as she was sank in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1942, after she was rammed by a merchant vessel at the time....
or was she? (So it is believed?)
rds Joe</HTML>