Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Torpedo boat |
Class | La Melpoméne |
Pennant | |
Built by | Ch Augustin Normand (Le Havre, France) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 27 Aug 1934 |
Launched | 12 Apr 1937 |
Commissioned | 6 Jul 1940 |
Lost | 14 Dec 1940 |
History | Captured by the British at Portsmouth on 3 July 1940. Lost 14 December 1940 during a storm 25 miles south-south-west off Eddystone. |
Commands listed for HMS Branlebas
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Hugh Charles James McRea, RN | 6 Jul 1940 | 14 Dec 1940 (+) |
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