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FFL Léopard

Large destroyer of the Chacal class

NavyThe Free French Navy
TypeLarge destroyer
ClassChacal 
Pennant 
Built byAt.&Ch de la Loire (St. Nazaire, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Aug, 1923 
Launched20 Sep, 1924 
Commissioned31 Aug, 1940 
Lost27 May, 1943 
Loss position
 
HistoryThe French large destroyer Léopard was seized by the Royal Navy in Porstmouth on 3 July 1940.
Transferred to the Free French on 31 August 1940.
Stranded and wrecked North of Benghazi on 27 May 1943.
The wreck was destroyed on 19 June 1943. 
Former nameLéopard

Noteable events involving Léopard include:

23 Jan, 1941
The Polish destroyer Garland and the Free French destroyer Léopard composed the escort of a large troop ship heading to Canada.

25 Jan, 1941
Due to fuel shortage, Léopard left the group and turned back.

11 Jul, 1942
The German submarine U-136 was sunk in the Atlantic west of Madeira, Portugal, in position 33º30'N, 22º52'W by the Free French destroyer Léopard (Lt.Cdr. Richard), the British frigate HMS Spey (Cdr. H.G. Boys-Smith, DSO and Bar, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Pelican (Cdr. G.V. Gladstone, RN). (see map)


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