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RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships
Posted by: J.T. McDaniel ()
Date: August 08, 2001 01:25PM

<HTML>I believe the one being referenced here was a 1930s French submarine that mounted a pair of 8\" guns in a turret in front of the tower. She also carried an aeroplane in a water-tight hanger aft. In a surface gun battle, she would probably have been effective against destroyers. Armoured vessels might also be vulnerable, but since it wasn\'t practical to armour a submarine, I\'d expect she\'d avoid battle with anything that could likely damage her. The heavy gun armament was never really intended for battling other warships -- torpedoes would be a safer bet -- but for commerce raiding. In any event, she never saw combat, being lost in a collision before the war.

J.T. McDaniel</HTML>

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Surcouf versus Axis ships Nonny 08/08/2001 09:48AM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships walter M 08/08/2001 12:40PM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships J.T. McDaniel 08/08/2001 01:25PM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships MCE 08/08/2001 04:29PM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships Visje 08/09/2001 06:17AM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships Vin 08/09/2001 03:29AM
RE: Surcouf versus Axis ships Michael Lowrey 08/08/2001 02:08PM
Surcouf: a good gun platform? Capt Kurt 08/08/2001 08:29PM
RE: Surcouf: a good gun platform? kurt 08/08/2001 09:08PM
RE: Surcouf: a good gun platform? Torlef 08/09/2001 05:55AM
Surcouf\'s guns effective with its spotter plane Henneman 08/09/2001 06:26AM
gun conflicts in the atlantic kurt 08/09/2001 03:35PM


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