Name Tornade Ordered 5 March 1923 Completed 10 May 1928 Construction started 25 April 1923 Length 106 m | Namesake Tornado Laid down 25 April 1923 Commissioned 1 October 1927 Launched 12 March 1925 | |
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Tornade was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Tornade served with the navy of Vichy France. She was at Oran, French Algeria, when the Allies invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch in November 1942. Resisting the invasion, she was badly damaged off Oran on 8 November 1942 by gunfire by the Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Aurora and destroyer HMS Calpe and was beached to avoid sinking.
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