FR Souffleur
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Souffleur
was a Requin class submarine laid down at
Arsenal de Chebourg in October 1922,. She was launched in
October 1924, and was commissioned in August 1926. At the
outbreak of World War Two, she was stationed in Bizerte in
Tunis and the 9. Submarine division. After the French
capitulation in the summer of 1940, she was taken over by
the newly formed Vichy France under Petain. 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 in the deep 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 Danzig in 1926 Last updated:November 2019 |
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