Allied Warships

FR La Melpoméne

Torpedo boat of the La Melpoméne class

NavyThe French Navy
TypeTorpedo boat
ClassLa Melpoméne 
Pennant 
Built byCh.de Bretagne (Nantes, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Dec 1933 
Launched24 Jan 1935 
Commissioned20 Nov 1936 
End service15 May 1950 
History

Captured by the British at Portsmouth on 3 July 1940.
Transferred to the Free French Navy on 31 August 1940.
Laid up in reserve at Hartepool U.K. in 1943.
Returned to Cherbourg on 16 September 1945.
Stricken 15 May 1950.

 

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