French destroyer Albatros
.jpg) Albatros beached off Casablanca, 16 November 1942
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Albatros |
| Namesake | Albatross |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes |
| Launched | 27 June 1930 |
| Completed | 25 December 1931 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 9 September 1959 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Aigle-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 128.5 m (421 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Crew | 10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime) |
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The French destroyer Albatros was one of six Aigle-class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.
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French Morocco when Allied forces invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch in November 1942. Resisting the invasion, she was badly damaged off Casablanca on 8 November 1942 in action with United States Navy forces during the Naval Battle of Casablanca when she came under fire from the heavy cruisers USS Augusta, USS Wichita, and USS Tuscaloosa and then was bombed by aircraft from the escort carrier USS Suwanee. Badly damaged, she was beached to prevent her from sinking. After World War II, she was repaired and returned to service.[1]
Notes
- ^ "Albatros Destroyer 1930–1942". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
References
- Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent P. (2013). "Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2013. London: Conway. pp. 134–148. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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