I wonder how the French Surcouf and her would have compared ? :hmm:
Surcouf:
Displacement:3250 tons surfaced
4304 tons submerged
2880 tons deadLength:110 metres (361 feet)Beam:9 metres (29.5 feet)Draught:7.25 metres (23.8 feet)Propulsion:surfaced: two Sulzer diesel engines 7600hp
submerged: two electric motors 3400hp
two propellersSpeed:18.5 knots surfaced
10 knots submerged
Range:18,500 kilometres (10,000 nautical miles) at 10 knots surfaced
12,600 kilometres (6800 nautical miles) at 13.5 knots surfaced
130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) at 4.5 knots submerged
110 kilometres (60 nautical miles) at 5 knots submergedTest depth:80 metres (250 feet)Capacity:280 tonsComplement:eight officers
110 menArmament:two 203 mm (eight-inch) guns in twin turret
two 37 mm antiaircraft cannon
four 13.2 mm antiaircraft machineguns
eight 550 mm torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes carried)
four 400 mm torpedo tubes (eight torpedoes carried)Aircraft carried:one Besson MB.411 float plane