An item dated London, England 18th referred to a statement of the naval export of the newspaper Daily Telegraph who reported that the new French 4.300 tons measuring French submarine cruiser Surcouf was armed with 20cm guns instead of 14cm guns. This larger calibre was allowed under the regulations of the Naval Conference. (1)
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1. Submarine cruiser. Her building was ordered in December 1927, launched on 18 October 129m commissioned in May 1934 and sunk on 18 February 1942 around 70 nautical miles north of Christóbal and actually stricken of the navy list on 6 December a year later. Although there were three planned to be built was she the only one realized. In fact a underwater cruisers. Displacement 2.930 (dead)-3.300 (surfaced)-4.373 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 110 x 9 x 7,25 (draft) metres or 361’x 26’6”x 23’9”.
