SUBMARINE, Paris, Sept..7.
The most powerful submarine in the world is the Surcouf. The French naval authorities alone Jamong the leading Powers favour submarines which, id ig ever- France was blockaded.
The Surcouf was launched in November, 1999. She is of revolutionary design. She has a displacement of. 2,880 tons on the surface jand, 4,200" tons submerged. The [displacement of the other big French submarines is 1,385 on the surface Jand 2,089 submerged. The Surcout fis much moxo powerful ¢than any Jother submarine in the world. She ig the only one to mount &-inch guns, Jof which she has two and she has fourteen 21-inch torpedo tubes, She is reputed to be able to travel 10,000 jsea_miles at 10 knots without re-
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