Carlton Hobbs Blog: A Life Aquatic, with the Submarine 'Surcouf'

September 18 2009, 9:51am

One of our pieces here at Carlton Hobbs is an attractive model of a French navy submarine, the Surcouf, bearing the maker’s name ‘P. Jouffroy’ and dated 1993. We decided to do some research into the vessel and uncovered a tale of treachery, diplomacy, violence and gold smuggling on the high seas during World War II, featuring one of the most unusual warships ever built.