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April 23, 2010

Found some more photos in the LIFE archives that may be of interest. the  topic was  under  "British Submarines at Portsmouth".  however also found  photos of the Surcouf  in the same group of photos. apparently taken during her repairs/refit in 1941

British Submarines At Portsmouth
 Date taken:1941
Photographer:Thomas Mcavoy

direct link to easy ID, large images

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/83fbee0deb7cd24c_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/acbf33188a92132e_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/d7cd2917f84b15c4_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/c58dad97a608e48f_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/34051442a2f917c8_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a5cf94aed6642269_large
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3d7b05f0022d69f2_large  http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/d0f090d1b828ff49_large 

There are about 100 photos of her alongside another submarine Which I believe is the HMS Pandora REF: LIFE magazine Oct 21, 1941 page 43

link to thumbnails:  http://tinyurl.com/2e2vt4e 

John Szalay
Louisville Ky
USA

John,

My thanks for that.

Best wishes,
Mac.


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