La Melpomène class was a group of 12 French torpedo boats built from 1933 to 1935. After serving with Marine Nationale, the ships of the La Melpomène...
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with two more torpedo boats, Le Niçois and Le Savoyard. The Le Fier class were based on an enlarged La Melpomène-class torpedo boat design with improved...
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minesweeper in commission from 1944 to 1945 Bombarde, a French Navy La Melpomène-class torpedo boat, commissioned 1938, later captured by Italy in 1942, and then...
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in Operation Lever, with Swordfish aircraft from Ark Royal. A torpedo hit the patrol boat Terre-Neuve, moored alongside Dunkerque, full of depth charges...
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Bourrasque-class destroyer- FTR, VF and FF L'Adroit-class destroyer- FTR, VF and FF Le Hardi-class destroyer- FTR and VF La Melpomène-class torpedo boat- FTR...
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destroyer Branlebas, a Branlebas-class destroyer launched in 1907 and sunk in 1915 French torpedo boat Branlebas, a La Melpomène-class torpedo boat commissioned in 1938...
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MAS (motorboat) (redirect from MAS boat)
July 2018. "FR L'Iphigénie of the French Navy – French Torpedo boat of the La Melpoméne class – Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 28 December...
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60-gun frigate. Iphigénie (1881), a first-class cruiser Iphigénie (1936), a La Melpomène-class torpedo boat Ships of the French Navy named Iphigénie Proserpine...
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destroyer Bouclier, a Bouclier-class destroyer launched in 1911 and stricken in 1933 French torpedo boat Bouclier, a La Melpomène-class torpedo boat commissioned in...
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German Navy S90-class torpedo boat, later renamed T 113 French boat Branlebas (T113), a World War II French Navy La Melpomène-class torpedo boat; see List of...
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Dunkerque-class battleships Duquesne-class cruisers Guépard-class destroyers L'Adroit-class destroyers La Melpomène-class torpedo boats Le Fantasque-class destroyers...
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attack the upper works of enemy battleships, as well as to defend against torpedo boat attacks. The secondary battery fire control consisted of two central...
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Italian Spica-class torpedo boats, Japanese Chidori-class torpedo boats, French La Melpomène-class torpedo boats and British Kingfisher-class sloops. The...
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French World War II destroyers (section Light Destroyer/Destroyer Escort/Torpedo Boat (French: torpilleur légers))
600-ton La Melpoméne class was a group of 13 French torpedo boats built in 1933. It was designed along the lines of the Italian torpedo boats of that...
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Torpedoboot Ausland (category Torpedo boats of the Kriegsmarine)
French La Melpomène-class torpedo boats taken over in April 1943 TA9 (ex Bombarde) sunk by air raid 23 August 1944 in the Tyrrhenian Sea TA10 (ex La Pomone)...
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torpedo nets or manned anti-aircraft guns. The Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers failed to score any direct hits on Dunkerque, but a pair of torpedoes...
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magazines. The Mogador-class ships were designed for anti-surface warfare rather than anti-submarine work and they were given a large torpedo battery in consequence...
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Pre-War Torpedoes Jordan & Moulin, Chapter 2, Armament, Torpedoes Jordan & Moulin, Chapter 2, Armament, Aviation Installations Whitley, Duquesne Class, p....
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name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene. Melpomène (1792), a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate Melpomène (1812), a 44-gun Pallas-class Melpomène (1828)...
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British World War II destroyers (section Torpedoes)
the war's end. Six modern French destroyers of the La Melpomène class and two older Bourrasque-class ships were acquired. One was lost in bad weather in...
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The La Galissonnière-class cruisers were commissioned by the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the...
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service before 1944, but that either three Le Hardi-class ships or four Le Fier-class torpedo boat could begin sea trials in 1943. On 28 April Darlan decided...
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The Richelieu class were fast battleships built for the French Navy between the 1930s and 1950s. Initially two ships were ordered in 1935 in response...
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tower for reconnaissance and observing fall of shot. The boat was equipped with ten torpedo tubes: four 550 mm (22 in) tubes in the bow, and two swiveling...
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ship's silhouette was further changed by rearranging the catapults, boats, and torpedo tubes. Finally, the 76mm guns were replaced by 90mm guns. The remaining...
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torpedo tubes; the aft mount could traverse to both sides, but the forward mounts were positioned one on each broadside. Their Mle 1923DT torpedoes had...
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Maru". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021. "Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 552". Warshipsww2. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10...
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This is a list of torpedo boats of the Second World War, not to be confused with smaller motor torpedo boats. The List of ships of the Second World War...
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"French destroyer class Le Hardi". Warshipsww2. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015. "Italy torpedo boats ex French". Warshipsww2...
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The Avenger-class escort carrier was a class of escort carriers comprising three ships in service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War and one...
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