was the surcouf the sub with the least impact in ww2 considering its size & reasons for design?
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 FreeloaderUK |
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Posts: 92 ( 8-Apr-2008 21:24:15) |
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Posts: 3646 ( 8-Apr-2008 23:38:23) |
Least impact? That's an unanswerable question.
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Posts: 101 ( 9-Apr-2008 18:57:23) |
What in the hell is a Surcouf? Sorry, surface fleet sailor here...
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Posts: 3648 ( 9-Apr-2008 19:18:52) |
Gunnersmate04 wrote: Surcouf was a French submarine, (wikipedia article) (uboat.net article) She entered service in 1934, was seized by the UK in 1940, and lost, with all hands, in possibly in a collision with a US merchant ship, in 1942. She was the largest submarine in the world for several years, and possibly the most heavily armed, with twin 203mm guns in a single turret. |
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Posts: 46 ( 9-Apr-2008 22:21:54) |
What about HMS M3? Was she credited with any sinkings?
Sir Humphrey: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now when it's worked so well?
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An 8 inch gun? | ||
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Posts: 102 (10-Apr-2008 15:37:11) |
On a submarine? good lord....
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Posts: 4190 (10-Apr-2008 16:14:53) |
Two eight-inch guns.
And an aircraft hangar. Yeah, it was an odd design. |
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Posts: 95 (10-Apr-2008 16:15:02) |
she had two 8" guns, 12 torp tubes, a seaplane,a motorboat & a brig that could hold 40prisoners.
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Posts: 3651 (10-Apr-2008 18:55:18) |
Craiglxviii wrote: One would hope not; the UK was not at war while she was in service (1920-32)
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