FRENCH NAVY SHIPS, JUNE 1940. FS Richelieu, battleship (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge) ... click to enlarge) on to German Navy, June 1940 (for more ship information, go to Naval History Homepage and type name in Site Search) ... JUNON (LV L M A Jaume, who replaced LV J J E Garnuchot who died on the French minesweeper EMILE DESCHAMPS off ...

Future of the French Navy; Ensigns and pennants; Historic ships. Battleships; Cruisers; Destroyers; Submarines; Ships of the line; Sail frigates ... Ribbons; The following is a list of destroyers of France. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet ...

Nov 26, 2017 · These destroyers suffered a fate similar to that of the rest of the French fleet: Two were captured at Plymouth (Catapult operation) and later integrated into the Free French Navy, three were lost at Dunkirk in May 1940, another was scuttled on June 18 for avoid capture, three would be lost in November 1942 during Operation Torch (one scuttled ...

The emphasis on the large destroyers and the long time of construction led to a deficit of numbers in destroyer strength in the French Navy. To balance the Italian threat, the 600-ton La Melpoméne [4] class was a group of 13 French torpedo boats built in 1933. It was designed along the lines of the Italian torpedo boats of that time, but due ...

French super-destroyer Le Triomphant, as repainted in 1940 by the Free French Navy. Tomlin, H W (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer (cc). Total, 32 heavy destroyers and 38 standard destroyers, showing the the “leaders” first intended were as much important numerically.

The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. [3] [a] The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into …

1940 . Thursday, 15 February . Light cruiser ... Navy Photos/Paul Simpson & Ian Mort) finally arrived at Plymouth, screened by aircraft carrier ARK ROYAL , battlecruiser ... French destroyer SIMOUN, escorting convoy 2F from Gibraltar to Brest, reported attacking and ramming a German submarine SW of Cape St Vincent in 36‑15N, 09‑55W. ...

Jul 3, 2024 · Left: Extensively overhauled at the start of 1940, the World War I battle­ship Bretagne burns fiercely, still under bom­bard­ment at Mers-el-Kébir, July 3, 1940. Hit four times by British 15-in shells, her after magazines exploded. She rolled over and sank in 2 minutes, killing most of her crew. Right: The French destroyer Mogador running …

Logical end of evolution of French super-destroyers, have ultimately approached with light cruisers. Steam temperature and pressure increase (to 350° and 27atm) became feature of the project. On sea trials they reached almost 44kts. ... late 1940, Mogador: - 1 x 2 - 139/50; + 2 x 2 - 37/50 M1933 1941, Mogador: + 8 x 1 - 13.2/94

The French Navy saw little action during the war. However, in June 1940 it took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. When it became clear that the Vichy government would not allow the French Navy to fight with the Allies, the Royal Air Force launched an attack on French ships at Mers-el-Kebir and Dakar. Those ships that survived were either kept ...