FN Tornade

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Casualty

Navy The French Navy
Type Destroyer
Class Bourrasque 
Built by Ch Dyle & Bacalan (Bordeaux, France) 
Laid down 25 Apr 1923 
Launched 12 Mar 1925 
Commissioned 10 May 1928 
Lost 8 Nov 1942 
Loss position
 
History

Operated by the Vichy French and based at Oran, Algeria during the Allied landing in North Africa in November 1942.
Beached off Oran, Algeria on 8 November 1942 after being damaged by gunfire from the British light cruiser HMS Aurora and the British destroyer HMS Calpe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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