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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 ...
Confiance, launched in 1797, was a privateer corvette from Bordeaux, famous for being Robert Surcouf 's ship during the capture of the British East India Company 's East Indiaman Kent. Confiance had captured a number of ships through the years before the British Royal Navy captured her in 1805, taking her into service under her existing name.
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 ...
The French submarine fleet of World War II was one of the largest in the world at that time. It saw action during the war but had a chequered service history due to France 's position at that time. During the conflict, 59 submarines, more than three-quarters of the fleet, were lost.
Victor (ex- Revenant) is visible in the background. Revenant was a 20-gun privateer corvette, launched in 1807, and designed by Robert Surcouf for commerce raiding. The French Navy later requisitioned her and renamed her Iéna, after Napoleon 's then-recent victory at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. The British captured her in 1808 and she ...
Triomphant. -class submarine. two emergency diesel-powered generators SEMT Pielstick 8PA4V200 SM (700 kW (940 hp)) auxiliaries. The Triomphant class of ballistic missile submarines of the French Navy is the active lead boat class of four boats that entered service in 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2010. These four superseded the older Redoutable class ...
Triton was launched in 1787 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made three full voyages for the EIC before the French privateer Robert Surcouf captured her in 1796 while she was on her fourth voyage. She returned to British ownership shortly thereafter and the EIC chartered her for three more voyages to Britain.