Souffleur 1941
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | Souffleur | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1941 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | attack submarine | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | War action | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | French Third Republic, Vichy France | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | French Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | World War II | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Depth | 80.0 m | Wikidata P4511 vertical depth |
| Sea / ocean | Mediterranean Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Lebanon | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 32 km from land |
| Position | 33.7905, 35.4321 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
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 by the British submarine HMS Parthian.
Location
- Recorded position: 33.7905, 35.4321 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Mediterranean Sea
- Nearest coast: Lebanon
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article French submarine Souffleur (1924) (revision 1327931259), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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