French minesweeper Surprise
Surprise (or La Surprise) was a World War II French Navy Chamois-class aviso. Arsenal de Lorient in Brittany launched her on 17 June 1939. and she was commissioned in March 1940. On 8 November 1942 the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Brilliant sank Surprise by gunfire off Oran, French Algeria, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.
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French minesweeper Surprise
Surprise (or La Surprise) was a World War II French Navy Chamois-class aviso. Arsenal de Lorient in Brittany launched her on 17 June 1939. and she was commissioned in March 1940. On 8 November 1942 the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Brilliant sank Surprise by gunfire off Oran, French Algeria, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.
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1942-11-08
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1939-06-17
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Sunk by gunfire
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* 2 × anti-aircraft guns
* 8 ...... 1 × rack for 40 depth charges
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*88 in peacetime;
*104 or 106 at war
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*Fuel capacity: 105 tonnes
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Surprise (or La Surprise) was ...... vasion of French North Africa.
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French minesweeper Surprise
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