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French destroyer Mameluk

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Name
  
Mameluk

Laid down
  
1 January 1937

Captured
  
27 November 1942

Launched
  
18 February 1939

Namesake
  
Mameluk

In service
  
17 June 1940

Construction started
  
1 January 1937

Draft
  
3.8 m

Fate
  
Scuttled, 27 November 1942

Builder
  
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire

Mameluk was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Mameluk served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

References

French destroyer Mameluk Wikipedia