French destroyer Vautour explained

The French destroyer Vautour was one of six (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.

In Vichy French service after France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, Vautour was scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans when Germany occupied Vichy France.^[1] Later refloated by the Germans, she was sunk again in an Allied air raid on Toulon on 4 February 1944.^[2]

References

• Book: Jordan, John. Conway. London. 2013. Warship 2013. 978-1-84486-205-4. Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet. Cernuschi. Enrico. O'Hara. Vincent P.. amp. 134–148.
• 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: 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: Seekrieg 1942, November . 3 June 2016 . Rohwer . Jürgen . Jürgen Rohwer . Gerhard Hümmelchen . Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart . de .
2. Web site: Seekrieg 1944, Februar . 3 June 2016 . Rohwer . Jürgen . Jürgen Rohwer . Gerhard Hümmelchen . Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart . de .