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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Sunk, 23 September 1940</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">Refloated</a>, 11 March 1941</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Sunk, 7 May 1943</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Refloated, 14 December 1943</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">Scrapped</a>, August 1947</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics (as built)</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Le_Fantasque-class_destroyer" title="Le Fantasque-class destroyer"><i>Le Fantasque</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; 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text-indent: -.4em;">74,000 <a href="/wiki/Metric_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric horsepower">PS</a> (54,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>; 73,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts; 2 geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>37 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (69 km/h; 43 mph) (designed)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>2,700 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>11 officers, 254 sailors (wartime)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 × single <a href="/wiki/Canon_de_138_mm_Mod%C3%A8le_1929" title="Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929">138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single <a href="/wiki/Canon_de_37_mm_Mod%C3%A8le_1925" title="Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925">37 mm (1.5 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/AA_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="AA gun">AA guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/13.2_mm_Hotchkiss_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun">13.2 mm (0.52 in)</a> AA <a href="/wiki/Machine_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine guns">machine guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × chutes for 28 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">40 × <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>L'Audacieux</b></i> ("The audacious one") was one of six <a href="/wiki/Le_Fantasque-class_destroyer" title="Le Fantasque-class destroyer"><i>Le Fantasque</i>-class</a> large <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">contre-torpilleur</i></span>, "Torpedo-boat destroyer") built for the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Marine_Nationale" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Nationale">Marine Nationale</a></i></span> (French Navy) during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. When war was declared in September 1939, all of the <i>Le Fantasque</i>s were assigned to the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Force_de_Raid" title="Force de Raid">Force de Raid</a></i></span>, tasked to hunt down German <a href="/wiki/Commerce_raider" class="mw-redirect" title="Commerce raider">commerce raiders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blockade_runner" title="Blockade runner">blockade runners</a>. <i>L'Audacieux</i> and two of her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a> were based in <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a>, to patrol the Central Atlantic for several months in late 1939. They returned to <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_France" title="Metropolitan France">Metropolitan France</a> before the end of the year and were transferred to <a href="/wiki/French_Algeria" title="French Algeria">French Algeria</a> in late April 1940 in case Italy decided to enter the war. She screened French <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a> several times as they unsuccessfully hunted for Italian ships after Italy declared war in June. </p><p>After most of <a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a> had declared for <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a> in August, <i>L'Audacieux</i> and two of her sisters escorted a force of cruisers sent to Dakar in September to intimidate the colonies into rejoining <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a>. The British and Free French sent a force to persuade French West Africa to join the Free French and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dakar" title="Battle of Dakar">Battle of Dakar</a> began when the garrison rejected their entreaties. The Vichy French destroyers were initially given a defensive role, but <i>L'Audacieux</i> was ordered to conduct a reconnaissance mission. She encountered an Australian cruiser at close range and drifted onto the shore after her power was knocked out. The ship was <a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">salvaged</a> in early 1941 and was slowly repaired enough to reach <a href="/wiki/French_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="French Tunisia">French Tunisia</a> for permanent repairs in mid-1942. Captured when the Germans occupied Tunisia six months later, she was sunk when the Germans evacuated in May 1943. Refloated once more at the end of the year, she was deemed not worth repairing and was cannibalized for spare parts. Her wreck was <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapped</a> in 1947. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Le Fantasque</i>-class ships were designed to counter the fast Italian <a href="/wiki/Condottieri-class_cruiser" title="Condottieri-class cruiser"><i>Condottieri</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> and one member of the class, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Le_Terrible" title="French destroyer Le Terrible"><i>Le Terrible</i></a>, exceeding 45 knots during trials to set a world record for a conventionally-hulled ship. They had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 132.4 meters (434 ft 5 in), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 12 meters (39 ft 4 in), and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> of 4.5 meters (14 ft 9 in).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships displaced 2,569 metric tons (2,528 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 3,417 metric tons (3,363 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. <i>L'Audacieux</i> was powered by two <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Rateau" title="Auguste Rateau">Rateau-Bretagne</a> geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, each driving one <a href="/wiki/Propeller_shaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller shaft">propeller shaft</a>, using steam provided by four <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a>. The turbines were designed to produce 74,000 <a href="/wiki/Metric_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric horsepower">metric horsepower</a> (54,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>; 73,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a>), which was intended to give the ships a maximum speed of 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph). During her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a> on 8 May 1935, her turbines provided 97,448 PS (71,673 kW; 96,115 shp) and she reached 42.4 knots (78.5 km/h; 48.8 mph) for a single hour. The ship carried enough <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> to give her a range of 2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The crew of the <i>Le Fantasque</i> class consisted of 11 officers and 221 crewmen in peacetime, with the number of the latter increasing to 254 in wartime.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main armament of the <i>Le Fantasque</i>s consisted of five <a href="/wiki/Canon_de_138_mm_Mod%C3%A8le_1929" title="Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929">Canon de 138.6 mm (5.5 in) Modèle 1929</a> guns in single mounts, one <a href="/wiki/Superfiring" title="Superfiring">superfiring</a> pair fore and aft of the <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a> and the fifth gun <a href="/wiki/Abaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Abaft">abaft</a> the aft <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnel</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> armament consisted of two <a href="/wiki/Canon_de_37_mm_Mod%C3%A8le_1925" title="Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925">Canon de 37 mm (1.5 in) Modèle 1925</a> guns in single mounts positioned <a href="/wiki/Amidships" class="mw-redirect" title="Amidships">amidships</a> and four Hotchkiss <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_M1929_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun">Mitrailleuse de 13.2 mm (0.52 in) CA Modèle 1929</a> <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> in two twin-gun mounts aft of the 37 mm mounts. The ships carried three above-water triple sets of 550-millimeter (21.7 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>; the aft mount could <a href="/wiki/Traverse_(gunnery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Traverse (gunnery)">traverse</a> to both sides, but the forward mounts were positioned one on each <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a>. A pair of <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> chutes were built into their stern; these housed a total of sixteen 200-kilogram (440 lb) depth charges with another dozen available in the torpedo <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)" title="Magazine (artillery)">magazine</a>. They could also be fitted with rails capable of handling 40 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modifications">Modifications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1938–January 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Bridge_wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge wing">bridge wings</a> were enlarged to accommodate the Hotchkiss machine guns. After the war began, depth-charge stowage increased to 48 and a pair of rails were installed on the stern for 35-kilogram (77 lb) depth charges. Each rail could accommodate 3 depth charges and 15 more were stored in the magazine. In early 1940 twin-gun 37 mm mounts replaced the single-gun mounts and a single <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning#FN_Browning_M.1939" title="M2 Browning">Browning 13.2-millimeter</a> anti-aircraft machine gun was installed on the <a href="/wiki/Quarterdeck" title="Quarterdeck">quarterdeck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ordered on 17 November 1930 as part of the 1930 Naval Program, <i>L'Audacieux</i> was <a href="/wiki/Laid_down" class="mw-redirect" title="Laid down">laid down</a> on 16 November 1931 by <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_de_Lorient" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenal de Lorient">Arsenal de Lorient</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 15 March 1934, <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 1 August 1935, completed on 27 November and entered service on 7 December. Completion was delayed when her boilers had to be rebuilt because of defective <a href="/wiki/Firebrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Firebrick">firebricks</a>. When the <i>Le Fantasque</i>s entered service they were assigned to the newly formed 8th and 10th Light Divisions (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Division légère</i></span>) which were later redesignated as scout divisions (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Division de contre-torpilleurs</i></span>); both divisions were assigned to the 2nd Light Squadron (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">2eme Escadre légère</i></span>) at <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest</a>. As of 1 October 1936 <i>L'Audacieux</i>, <i>Le Terrible</i> and <i>Le Fantasque</i> were assigned to the 10th Light Division while <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_L%27Indomptable" title="French destroyer L'Indomptable"><i>L'Indomptable</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Le_Triomphant" title="French destroyer Le Triomphant"><i>Le Triomphant</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Le_Malin" title="French destroyer Le Malin"><i>Le Malin</i></a> belonged to the 8th.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship departed Brest on 4 December 1935 to represent the <i>Marine Nationale</i> at the celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Tercentenary" class="mw-redirect" title="Tercentenary">tercentenary</a> of the French colonization of the <a href="/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies">Antilles</a> where she joined the cruiser <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_%C3%89mile_Bertin" title="French cruiser Émile Bertin"><i>Emile Bertin</i></a> and the submarine <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf" title="French submarine Surcouf"><i>Surcouf</i></a> in making port visits to <a href="/wiki/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre" title="Pointe-à-Pitre">Pointe-à-Pitre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_de_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort de France">Fort de France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>. <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lebrun" title="Albert Lebrun">Albert Lebrun</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of France</a>, inaugurated the new building of the Naval Academy (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Navale" class="mw-redirect" title="École Navale">École Navale</a></i></span>) in Brest and reviewed the 2nd Squadron on 30 May 1936, including <i>L'Audacieux</i>, <i>L'Indomptable</i>, <i>Le Fantasque</i>, and <i>Le Terrible</i>. Between 15 January and 26 February 1937, the 2nd Light Squadron cruised as far south as <a href="/wiki/Conakry" title="Conakry">Conakry</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a>. On 27 May, <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Gasnier-Duparc" title="Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc">Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Naval_Ministers_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Naval Ministers of France">Minister of the Navy</a>, reviewed the fleet, including the <i>Le Fantasque</i>s. <i>L'Audacieux</i> briefly served as flagship of the 2nd Light Squadron from 9 August 1938 until she was relieved on 7 November.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both the 8th and 10th Scout Divisions were assigned to the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Force de Raid</i></span>, which was tasked to hunt down German commerce raiders and blockade runners, when war was declared in September 1939; it made only a single sortie as a complete unit on 2–6 September when it responded to an erroneous report that German ships had left port. Afterwards it was dispersed into smaller groups to better execute its mission. The 10th Scout Division, which consisted of <i>L'Audacieux</i>, <i>Le Terrible</i>, and <i>Le Fantasque</i>, together with British ships, was assigned to Force X that was based in <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a>, French West Africa, from 10 October to 18 November.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 21–30 October, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Force de Raid</i></span>, including all of the <i>Le Fantasque</i>s, screened Convoy KJ 4 against a possible attack by the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Graf_Spee" title="German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee">Admiral Graf Spee</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships of the 10th Scout Division escorted the <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Strasbourg" title="French battleship Strasbourg"><i>Strasbourg</i></a> and the British <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a> as they searched for German ships in the Central Atlantic between 7 and 13 November, then escorted <i>Strasbourg</i> and the heavy cruiser <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Alg%C3%A9rie" title="French cruiser Algérie"><i>Algérie</i></a> back to France on 18 November.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>L'Audacieux</i> was one of the escorts for <i>Strasbourg</i> and her sister <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque" title="French battleship Dunkerque"><i>Dunkerque</i></a> as the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Force de Raid</i></span> reassembled at <a href="/wiki/Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mers-el-Kébir">Mers-el-Kébir</a>, French Algeria, in late April 1940 in an effort to intimidate the Italians from entering the war. She took part in a <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a> by the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Force de Raid</i></span> into the Western Mediterranean on 12–13 June, after Italy declared war on the Allies on the 10th. <i>L'Audacieux</i> then began escorting convoys evacuating personnel from mainland France to French North Africa and screened cruisers fruitlessly searching for Italian cruisers on 23–24 June after an erroneous report that they were at sea. After the British <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" title="Attack on Mers-el-Kébir">attack on Mers-el-Kébir</a> on 3 July, the ship escorted the cruisers that failed to rendezvous with <i>Strasbourg</i>, which escaped to Toulon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of August, all of French Equatorial Africa had joined <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a>, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/French_Gabon" class="mw-redirect" title="French Gabon">French Gabon</a>. In response, the Germans and Italians authorized the Vichy French to send ships to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a> to bring the rebellious colonies back under control. The 4th Cruiser Division (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">4<sup>e</sup> Division de croiseurs</i></span>) of three light cruisers, escorted by the 10th Scout Division, was chosen and the ships were designated as Force Y. They departed on 9 September and departed <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="French Morocco">French Morocco</a>, on the 12th after refueling. The destroyers lacked enough range to reach Dakar at the 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) ordered by <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Contre amiral</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a>) <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9lestin_Bourragu%C3%A9" title="Célestin Bourragué">Célestin Bourragué</a> and were forced to return to Casablanca. They finally reached Dakar on 19–20 September.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A powerful British and Free French force was already en route to Dakar; their mission was to rally it to the Free French or to conquer it. The Vichy French garrison refused General <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a>'s appeal to join the Free French and opened fire on the British ships on 23 September.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The French destroyers were tasked to make a continuous <a href="/wiki/Smoke_screen" title="Smoke screen">smoke screen</a> to protect the cruisers as they maneuvered to avoid British shells. The heavy fog reduced the ability of the French ships to spot the British and <i>L'Audacieux</i> was ordered to venture forth on a reconnaissance mission. The ship was soon spotted by the Australian heavy cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(D84)" title="HMAS Australia (D84)"><i>Australia</i></a> and was quickly hit at close range. Her <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridge</a> was destroyed by 8 in (203 mm) shells that also knocked out her power and set her on fire. The destroyer drifted ashore shortly afterwards near <a href="/wiki/Rufisque" title="Rufisque">Rufisque</a>. <i>L'Audacieux</i> lost 81 crewmen dead or missing during the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was refloated on 11 March 1941 and was slowly repaired so that she was able to sail to <a href="/wiki/Bizerte" title="Bizerte">Bizerte</a>, French Tunisia, on 7 August 1942 where she arrived on the 22nd; when the Germans occupied Bizerte on 8 December, the ship was in a <a href="/wiki/Dry_dock" title="Dry dock">dry dock</a> and was not <a href="/wiki/Scuttled" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuttled">scuttled</a>. <i>L'Audacieux</i> was damaged by Allied bombing and was sunk on 7 May 1943 when the Germans destroyed the dock's gate during their evacuation of the city. Her <a href="/wiki/Hulk_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulk (ship)">hulk</a> was refloated on 14 December 1943, after she had been repaired enough to get her out of the dock. Deemed a <a href="/wiki/Constructive_total_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Constructive total loss">constructive total loss</a>, the ship was cannibalized for spare parts for <i>Le Triomphant</i>, <i>Le Fantasque</i> and <i>Le Terrible</i>. Her remains were scrapped in August 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 137, 139–140</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roberts, p. 268</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 140, 143–144</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 145–151</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 156–158</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 138–139, 214–215</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 208, 210, 213, 218</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 222–223</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2013, pp. 177–178</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2013, p. 184; Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 231, 233</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 233–234</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer, p. 42</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 234–235</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chesneau, pp. 268–269; Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 235, 260, 274–275</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_destroyer_L%27Audacieux&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJordanMoulin2013" class="citation book cs1">Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2013). <i>French Cruisers, 1922−1956</i>. 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destroyer Le Terrible"><i>Le Terrible</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_L%27Indomptable" title="French destroyer L'Indomptable"><i>L'Indomptable</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>L'Audacieux</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Le_Triomphant" title="French destroyer Le Triomphant"><i>Le Triomphant</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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destroyer"><i>Mogador</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_France" title="List of destroyers of France">List of destroyers of the French Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_September_1940" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ivanhoe_(D16)" title="HMS Ivanhoe (D16)">HMS <i>Ivanhoe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_chaser_UJ-121_Jochen" title="German submarine chaser UJ-121 Jochen">UJ-121 Jochen</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-57_(1938)" title="German submarine U-57 (1938)">U-57</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Sep: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_201_Gebr%C3%BCder_K%C3%A4hler" title="German trawler V 201 Gebrüder Kähler">V 201 <i>Gebrüder Kähler</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_403_Deutschland" title="German trawler V 403 Deutschland">V 403 <i>Deutschland</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Explorer" title="SS Empire Explorer">HMS <i>Inanda</i></a>, HMS <a href="/wiki/SS_Inkosi_(1937)" title="SS Inkosi (1937)"><i>Inkosi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Antonios_Chandris" title="SS Antonios Chandris"><i>Antonios Chandris</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Flandre_(1913)" title="SS Flandre (1913)"><i>Flandre</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dundee_(L84)" title="HMS Dundee (L84)">HMS <i>Dundee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Borea_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Borea (1927)"><i>Borea</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Crown_Arun" title="SS Crown Arun"><i>Crown Arun</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sussex_(96)" title="HMS Sussex (96)">HMS <i>Sussex</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Tregenna" title="SS Tregenna"><i>Tregenna</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_304_Breslau" title="German trawler V 304 Breslau">V 304 <i>Breslau</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares" title="SS City of Benares"><i>City of Benares</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Commissaire_Ramel" title="SS Commissaire Ramel"><i>Commissaire Ramel</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Java_(1811_ship)" title="Java (1811 ship)"><i>Java</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Runic_(1900)" title="SS Runic (1900)"><i>New Sevilla</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Canonesa" title="SS Canonesa"><i>Canonesa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Adventure" title="SS Empire Adventure"><i>Empire Adventure</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_Teodo" title="SMS Teodo">Empire Airman</a></i>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>L'Audacieux</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Pers%C3%A9e" title="French submarine Persée"><i>Persée</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Sep: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Ajax" title="French submarine Ajax"><i>Ajax</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Wellesley_(1815)" title="HMS Wellesley (1815)">HMS <i>Wellesley</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">4 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/Sakito_Maru" title="Sakito Maru">Sakito Maru</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Sep: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_M%C3%A9duse_(NN5)" title="French submarine Méduse (NN5)"><i>Méduse</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Adventure" title="SS Empire Adventure"><i>Empire Adventure</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(09)" title="HMS Resolution (09)">HMS <i>Resolution</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Augusto_Riboty" title="Italian destroyer Augusto Riboty"><i>Augusto Riboty</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Nicol%C3%B2_Zeno" title="Italian destroyer Nicolò Zeno"><i>Nicolò Zeno</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1939" title="List of shipwrecks in 1939">1939</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1939" title="List of shipwrecks in 1939"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in 1940">1940</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1941" title="List of shipwrecks in 1941"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1941" title="List of shipwrecks in 1941">1941</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in August 1940">August 1940</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_August_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in August 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:May_1943_shipwrecks" title="Template:May 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:May_1943_shipwrecks" title="Template talk:May 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:May_1943_shipwrecks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:May 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_May_1943" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1943</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_May_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in May 1943">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Erinpura" title="SS Erinpura"><i>Erinpura</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Gneisenau_(1935)" title="SS Gneisenau (1935)"><i>Gneisenau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_gunboat_Turunmaa" title="Finnish gunboat Turunmaa"><i>Turunmaa</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-465" title="German submarine U-465"><i>U-465</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-109_(1940)" title="German submarine U-109 (1940)"><i>U-109</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-439" title="German submarine U-439"><i>U-439</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-659" title="German submarine U-659"><i>U-659</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 May: <i><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_(1919)" title="Bristol City (1919)">Bristol City</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Fingal_(1923)" title="SS Fingal (1923)"><i>Fingal</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Astoria_(AK-8)" title="USS Astoria (AK-8)">Hartwelson</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-638" title="German submarine U-638"><i>U-638</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Wentworth_(1919)" title="SS Wentworth (1919)"><i>Wentworth</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_West_Madaket" title="SS West Madaket">USS <i>West Madaket</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_West_Maximus" title="SS West Maximus"><i>West Maximus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 May: <i><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Circ%C3%A9_(Q125)" title="French submarine Circé (Q125)">FR 117</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-125_(1940)" title="German submarine U-125 (1940)"><i>U-125</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-192" title="German submarine U-192"><i>U-192</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-438" title="German submarine U-438"><i>U-438</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-531" title="German submarine U-531"><i>U-531</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-630" title="German submarine U-630"><i>U-630</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 May: <a href="/wiki/Australian_steamer_Adele" title="Australian steamer Adele"><i>Adele</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Greek_destroyer_Vasilefs_Georgios" title="Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios">Hermes</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-447" title="German submarine U-447"><i>U-447</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-663" title="German submarine U-663"><i>U-663</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>L'Audacieux</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kager%C5%8D_(1938)" title="Japanese destroyer Kagerō (1938)"><i>Kagerō</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kuroshio" title="Japanese destroyer Kuroshio"><i>Kuroshio</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Oyashio" title="Japanese destroyer Oyashio"><i>Oyashio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Aso_Maru" title="Japanese gunboat Aso Maru"><i>Aso Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Nailsea_Meadow" title="SS Nailsea Meadow"><i>Nailsea Meadow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-528" title="German submarine U-528"><i>U-528</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-31" title="Japanese submarine I-31"><i>I-31</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-89_(1941)" title="German submarine U-89 (1941)"><i>U-89</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-186" title="German submarine U-186"><i>U-186</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-456" title="German submarine U-456"><i>U-456</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-753" title="German submarine U-753"><i>U-753</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <a href="/wiki/AHS_Centaur" title="AHS Centaur">AHS <i>Centaur</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-235" title="German submarine U-235"><i>U-235</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-236" title="German submarine U-236"><i>U-236</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-237" title="German submarine U-237"><i>U-237</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-640" title="German submarine U-640"><i>U-640</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Irish_Oak_(1919)" title="SS Irish Oak (1919)"><i>Irish Oak</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-176" title="German submarine U-176"><i>U-176</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-266" title="German submarine U-266"><i>U-266</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 May: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Enrico_Tazzoli_(1935)" title="Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli (1935)"><i>Enrico Tazzoli</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-182" title="German submarine U-182"><i>U-182</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-463" title="German submarine U-463"><i>U-463</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-128_(1941)" title="German submarine U-128 (1941)"><i>U-128</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-646" title="German submarine U-646"><i>U-646</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-657" title="German submarine U-657"><i>U-657</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Eve" title="SS Empire Eve"><i>Empire Eve</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_Bonaparte" title="SS Général Bonaparte"><i>Général Bonaparte</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-273" title="German submarine U-273"><i>U-273</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-953" title="German submarine U-953"><i>U-953</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-258" title="German submarine U-258"><i>U-258</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-303" title="German submarine U-303"><i>U-303</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-569" title="German submarine U-569"><i>U-569</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 May: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Leonardo_da_Vinci_(1939)" title="Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939)"><i>Leonardo da Vinci</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Niagara_(PG-52)" title="USS Niagara (PG-52)">USS <i>Niagara</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-752" title="German submarine U-752"><i>U-752</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-414" title="German submarine U-414"><i>U-414</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-467" title="German submarine U-467"><i>U-467</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-436" title="German submarine U-436"><i>U-436</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 May: <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_L%C3%A9opard" title="French destroyer Léopard"><i>Léopard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 May: <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Angelo_Bassini" title="Italian destroyer Angelo Bassini"><i>Angelo Bassini</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-304" title="German submarine U-304"><i>U-304</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-755" title="German submarine U-755"><i>U-755</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Untamed" title="HMS Untamed">HMS <i>Untamed</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-440" title="German submarine U-440"><i>U-440</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-563" title="German submarine U-563"><i>U-563</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <i><a href="/wiki/Circ%C3%A9-class_submarine_(1925)" title="Circé-class submarine (1925)">Calypso</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Minnedosa" title="SS Minnedosa">Piemonte</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-102" title="Japanese submarine Ro-102"><i>Ro-102</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-209" title="German submarine U-209"><i>U-209</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-381" title="German submarine U-381"><i>U-381</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Harder_(SS-257)" title="USS Harder (SS-257)">USS <i>Harder</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Macdonough_(DD-351)" title="USS Macdonough (DD-351)">USS <i>Macdonough</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Sicard" title="USS Sicard">USS <i>Sicard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-177" title="Japanese submarine I-177">I-177</a></i></span></li> <li><span 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