FR Souffleur
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The
French submarine Souffleur was laid down at Arsenal de
Chebourg in 1923, and was launched the year after. She was
commissioned in 1926, and was at the outbreak of World War
Two stationed in Bizerte in Tunis and the 9. submarine
division. After the French capitulation in the summer
1940, she was taken over by Vichy France. While surfaced
to recharge her batteries outside Lebanon, she was
torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS Parthian
25.June 1941. Commander Benoit Lejay and the whole crew
went down with her. The wreck rest today outside Khaldah
bay, south of Beirut, on a depth of 33 to 40 meter.
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| N 3° 49′ 0″ E 35° 26′ 0″ ( Source: Uboat.net )  Picture: Souffleur in Gdynia in 1926 Courtesy of Naval Encyclopedia  Last updated: April 2019 |
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