La Surprise was a World War II French Navy Chamois-class aviso. Arsenal de Lorient in Brittany launched her on 17 June 1939. and she was commissioned in...
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named in honour of Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. During World War II, she served with Vichy France. The La Galissonnière class was designed as...
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Tornade was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. After France surrendered to Germany in June...
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she wasn't taken into hand by the shipyard Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée at La Seyne-sur-Mer until late February 1942. In October it was estimated...
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Forum de discussions pour les anciens de la Marine Nationale (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2020.. Sergio De Phocée (2 February 2015). "La Psyché...
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Germany, Fighting for France. Plaquette concernant le 40eanniversaire de la libération de la Corse. Jordan, John; Dumas, Robert; et al. (Design by Stephen Dent...
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Lorraine and two cruisers of the La Galissonnière class) until they reached the Atlantic. In March–April 1940, Aigle provided cover and later escorted...
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November 1934 in the No. 1 slipway of the civilian Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire shipyard in Saint-Nazaire. After her launching in December 1936, she...
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French cruiser Marseillaise (1935) (category La Galissonnière-class cruisers)
French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During the Second World War, she remained with Vichy France. The La Galissonnière class was designed...
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was first transferred to the Free Polish Navy. Both survived the war. Tornade and Tramontaine were lost in the same engagement off Oran on 8 November...
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