Surcouf Class Submarine Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Cherbourg
Cherbourg, France

Nov. 18, 1929
May 1937
Fate
Accidentally rammed and sunk Feb. 18, 1942 by SS Thompson Lykes
(Capt. Henry Johnson).

Location: Caribbean Sea, 93 miles north x east of Colón, Panama.
(10.40N - 79.32W) (note loss position approximate)

130 men lost, no survivors.
(Hommage aux Disparus)


Class Notes:
Single boat class.


Page published Aug. 30, 2013