L'Audacieux
Sunk
French Navy, then Vichy French Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | Le Fantasque |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 5 × 5.5″ guns |
Service
| to 1940 | L'Audacieux | |
| from 1940 | L'Audacieux Vichy France formed |
Set on fire by HMAS Australia at Dakar on 23 September 1940. Repaired at Bizerte, she was seized there by the Italians and sunk by Allied bombers in May 1943.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns
- 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
- 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns
- 3 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
- 2 × chutes for 28 depth charges
- 40 × mines
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 16 November 1931 |
| Launched | 15 March 1934 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1935 |
| Displacement | 2,569 t (2,528 long tons) (standard) 3,417 t (3,363 long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 132.4 m (434 ft 5 in) |
| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (designed) |
| Complement | 11 officers, 254 sailors (wartime) |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
15 March 1934
Joined the Vichy French Navy
10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed
Battle of Dakar
Damaged
23–25 September 1940
Set on fire by Australia and beached
Fate
Sunk
Sunk, 23 September 1940
Refloated, 11 March 1941
Sunk, 7 May 1943
Refloated, 14 December 1943
Scrapped, August 1947