French destroyer Albatros
 Half-sister Milan at anchor | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Albatros |
| Namesake: | Albatross |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 9 September 1959 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Aigle-class destroyer |
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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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| 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 four Aigle-class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Albatros served with the naval forces of Vichy France. She was at Casablanca in 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 (CA-31), USS Wichita (CA-45), and USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and then was bombed by aircraft from the escort aircraft carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27). 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
- 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.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
