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Robert Surcouf ( [ʁɔ.bɛʁ syʁ.kuf] 12 December 1773 – 8 July 1827) was a French privateer, businessman and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from 1789 to 1808 during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Capturing over 40 prizes, he later amassed a large fortune from a variety of commercial activities, such as ship ...
Surcouf [syʁ.kuf] was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine of the mid 20th century. She carried two 8" guns as well as anti-aircraft guns and (for most of her career) a floatplane. Surcouf served in the French Navy and, later, the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War . Surcouf disappeared during the night of 18/19 ...
The statue of Robert Surcouf on the northern wall of Saint-Malo in Brittany.The finger of the statue points out to sea towards England. Corsairs (French: corsaire) were privateers, authorised to conduct raids on shipping of a foreign state at war with France, on behalf of the French crown. Seized vessels and cargo were sold at auction, with the ...
Surcouf (F711) is a La Fayette-class frigate of the French Navy. Construction began at Lorient Naval Dockyard on 6 July 1992, launched 3 July 1993, and the ship was commissioned May 1996. Since entering service, Surcouf has taken part in numerous missions, notably in Operation Antilope (Gabon and Congo), Operation Trident (Kosovo) and Mission ...
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12 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (4×3) The T 47 class or Surcouf class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960s and decommissioned in the 1980s, when they were replaced by the Cassard and Georges Leygues -class frigates.
Stealth frigates Surcoufand Courbet. Three La Fayetteclass (La Fayette, Courbetand Aconit) warships have been upgraded, with the incorporation of a hull-mounted sonar and the modernization of various other systems. La Fayetteclass - 5 ships (general purpose/escort role) F710 La Fayette. F711 Surcouf.
Surcouf was a French submarine ordered in December 1927, launched 18 October 1929, and commissioned May 1934. At 4,000 tons (3,600 tonnes) displacement submerged, Surcouf was the largest submarine in the world at the start of World War II. Surcouf was designed as an "underwater cruiser", intended to seek and