Surcouf

Type:
Submarine
Class:
Surcouf
Builder:
Arsenal de Cherbourg
Chebourg, France
Pennant Number:
Q-5
17-P
NN-3
Ordered:
August 4, 1926
Launched:
November 18, 1929
Keel Laid:
July 1, 1927
Completed:
May 1934
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)


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 30, 2013