Name Tramontane Ordered 5 March 1923 Completed 15 October 1927 Construction started 29 June 1923 Length 106 m | Namesake Tramontane Laid down 29 June 1923 Commissioned 15 May 1927 Launched 29 November 1924 | |
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Tramontane 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, Tramontane 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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