French submarine Souffleur (1924)  The French submarine "Souffleur" was a 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 off Beyrut, Lebanon in position by the British submarine .   long, with a beam of and a draught of , "Requin"-class submarines could dive up to . The submarine had a surfaced displacement of and a submerged displacement of . Propulsion while surfaced was provided by two diesel motors and two electric motors. The submarines' electrical propulsion allowed it to attain speeds of while submerged and on the surface. Their surfaced range was at , and at , with a submerged range of at .