French destroyer Chacal
The French destroyer Chacal was the name ship of her class of destroyers (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, she spent most of the following decade as a training ship. The ship was assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic after the start of World War II in September 1939 until she was committed to the English Channel after the Battle of France began in May 1940. Chacal was crippled by German bombers and artillery on 23/24 May and had to beach herself near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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French destroyer Chacal
The French destroyer Chacal was the name ship of her class of destroyers (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, she spent most of the following decade as a training ship. The ship was assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic after the start of World War II in September 1939 until she was committed to the English Channel after the Battle of France began in May 1940. Chacal was crippled by German bombers and artillery on 23/24 May and had to beach herself near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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Le Chacal est un contre-torpil ...... -torpilleurs de classe Jaguar.
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The French destroyer Chacal wa ...... herself near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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1926-12-23
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1926-05-01
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1926-07-28
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1923-02-26
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1924-09-27
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Beached, 24 May 1940, nearBoulogne-sur-Mer
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*5 × single guns
*2 × single ...... throwers for 46 depth charges
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*2 shafts
*2 geared steam turbines
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Le Chacal est un contre-torpil ...... -torpilleurs de classe Jaguar.
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The French destroyer Chacal wa ...... herself near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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Chacal (contre-torpilleur)
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French destroyer Chacal
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Chacal
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