French destroyer Albatros explained

The French destroyer Albatros was one of six (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.

During World War II, on 14 June 1940 she participated in Operation Vado, a raid of French cruisers and destroyers from Toulon to bombard Italian targets at Genoa and Savona; the coastal battery "Mameli" struck her with one 152abbr=onNaNabbr=on round, which penetrated her fire-room and killed twelve sailors. After France surrendered to Germany, Albatros served with the naval forces of Vichy France. She was at Casablanca in French Morocco when Allied forces invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch in November 1942. Resisting the invasion, she was badly damaged off Casablanca on 8 November 1942 in action with United States Navy forces during the Naval Battle of Casablanca when she came under fire from the heavy cruisers,, and and then was bombed by aircraft from the escort carrier . Badly damaged, she was beached in a sinking condition. After World War II, she was repaired and returned to service.^[1]

References

• Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau. Roger. Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7.
• Book: Jordan. John. Moulin. Jean. French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. 2015. Seaforth Publishing. Barnsley, UK. 978-1-84832-198-4 . amp.
• Book: O'Hara . Vincent P. . Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory . 2015 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 978-1-61251-922-7.
• Book: Rohwer, Jürgen. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 2005. Third Revised. 1-59114-119-2. Jürgen Rohwer.
• Book: Whitley, M. J.. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Naval Institute Press. 1988. 0-87021-326-1. Annapolis, Maryland. Michael J. Whitley.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albatros Destroyer 1930–1942 . Wrecksite . 10 November 2013.