French submarine Souffleur (1924)

Souffleur

Souffleur in 1926
History
France
Name	Souffleur
Builder	Arsenal de Cherbourg
Laid down	2 October 1922
Launched	1 October 1924
Commissioned	10 August 1926
Fate	Torpedoed by HMS Parthian on 25 June 1941 off Beyrut, Lebanon
General characteristics
Class and type	Requin-class submarine
Displacement	1,150 long tons (1,168 t) (surfaced) 1,441 long tons (1,464 t) (submerged)
Length	78.30 m (256 ft 11 in)
Beam	6.84 m (22 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.10 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 2,900 hp (2,163 kW) 2 × electric motors, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h) (surfaced) 9 knots (17 km/h) (submerged)
Range	7,700 nautical miles (14,300 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h) 70 nautical miles (130 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h) (submerged)
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	51 men
Armament	10 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun 2 × 8 mm (0.31 in) machine guns

The French submarine Souffleur was a Requin-class submarine built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down in October 1922, it was launched two years later and commissioned in August 1926. Souffleur was torpedoed and sunk on 25 June 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea off Beirut, Lebanon in position 33°49′N 35°26′E / 33.817°N 35.433°E / 33.817; 35.433 by the British submarine HMS Parthian.^[1][2]