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Mogador was the lead ship of the French Navy's Mogador class of large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs). Named after the Moroccan town, she was built before the outbreak of World War II. The ship was heavily damaged during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but was later repaired and sailed to Toulon.
Mogador. -class destroyer. The Mogador-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French Navy were laid down in 1935 and commissioned in 1939. They were extremely fast, very large destroyers intended to act as scouts for the two fast Dunkerque -class battleships. The design evolved from the extremely fast Le Fantasque class, being 300 ...
French ships, as a general rule, get little attention. Outside of a couple notable names. This isn't surprising. The French Navy did *relatively* little, in ...
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Nov 15, 2020 · Mogador and Volta comprised the 6th Large Destroyer Division (6e Division de contre-torpilleurs) and were assigned to the Force de Raid based at Brest when the war began. This group's purpose was to hunt German blockade runners and raiders and to escort convoys that might be in danger from the same. From 21 to 30 October 1939 the Force de Raid ...
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French Navy ships of the Mogador class. To see all Mogador class ships click here.
- 12 officers + 226 men
- 137 metres
- 2884 BRT
- Large destroyer
Mogador was the lead ship of the French Navy's Mogador class of large destroyers. Named after the Moroccan town, she was built before the outbreak of World War II. The ship was heavily damaged during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but was later repaired and sailed to Toulon.
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Built under 1932 and 1934 programmes. Logical end of evolution of French super-destroyers, have ultimately approached with light cruisers. Steam temperature and pressure increase (to 350° and 27atm) became feature of the project. On sea trials they reached almost 44kts.
