Surcouf (N N 3) French by HatsuneR

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Surcouf was the largest French submarine cruiser built. She served in both the French Navy and the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War. She was lost during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with an American freighter. Surcouf was named after the French privateer Robert Surcouf. She was the largest submarine built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1943
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
Identification: Pennant number: N N 3
Honors and
awards: Resistance Medal with rosette
Fate: disappeared, 18 February 1942
General characteristics
Type: Cruiser 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 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 & landing
craft carried: 2 × motorboats in watertight deck well
Capacity: 280 long tons (280 t)
Complement: 8 officers and 110 men
Armament:
2 × 203 mm (8 in) guns (1 × 2)
2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns (2 × 1)
4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machine guns (2 × 2)
8 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes
4 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 × Besson MB.411 floatplane
Aviation facilities: Hangar
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