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]

On 8 November 1942 the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Brilliant sank La Surprise by gunfire off Oran,[1] French Algeria, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Le Masson 1969, p. 22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c d e Le Masson 1969, p. 17.
  4. ^ "La Surprise". uboat.net. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

Sources

  • Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. Vol. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 9780356023847.

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aviso_La_Surprise
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