French minesweeper Surprise
Surprise (or La Surprise) was a World War II French Navy Chamois-class aviso. Arsenal de Lorient in Brittany launched her on 17 June 1939.[1] and she was commissioned in March 1940.[4]
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Name: | Surprise |
Builder: | Arsenal de Lorient[1] |
Launched: | 17 June 1939[1] |
Out of service: | 8 November 1942[1] |
Fate: | Sunk by gunfire[1] |
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Type: | Chamois-class aviso |
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Beam: | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)[2] |
Draught: | 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)[2] |
Propulsion: | 2 × Sulzer diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,430 kW), 2 shafts[2] |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2] |
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On 8 November 1942 the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Brilliant sank Surprise by gunfire off Oran,[1] French Algeria, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.
Notes
- Le Masson 1969, p. 22.
- Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
- Le Masson 1969, p. 17.
- "La Surprise". uboat.net. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
Sources
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 9780356023847.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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External links
- "Surprise". uboat.net.
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