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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.

Albatros beached off Casablanca, 16 November 1942
History
France
NameAlbatros
NamesakeAlbatross
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Launched27 June 1930
Completed25 December 1931
FateScrapped, 9 September 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeAigle-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard)
  • 3,140 t (3,090 long tons) (full load)
Length128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp)
  • 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime)
Armament
  • 5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns
  • 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 chutes, 4 throwers for 44 depth charges

During World War II, on 14 June 1940 she participated in Operation Vado, a raid of French cruisers and destroyers from Toulon to bombard Italian targets at Genoa and Savona; the coastal battery "Mameli" struck her with one 152 mm (6 in) round, which penetrated her fire-room and killed twelve sailors. After France surrendered to Germany, 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, 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


  1. "Albatros Destroyer 1930–1942". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

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