Hi Turbografx,
You do realise that Surcouf was a WW2 boat? She came over to us as Free French Navy but is reputed to have been a renegade, hence the sinking by our own forces. Because of her size and armament she was used as a convoy escort but it was noticed that convoys she sailed with always lost ships and she used torpedoes. The story is that a British communications rating, carried because of the language barrier, worked out what was happening and sent a signal, and the next time she surfaced an American freighter rammed her, he of course giving up his own life. I don't know how true this is but when I joined the British submarine service, soon after the war it appeared to be common knowledge amongst the wartime veterans.
RR
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