French cruiser Suffren

French cruiser Suffren

The "Suffren" was the name ship of her class of French heavy cruisers. She was named for Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, 18th century French admiral.

In early June 1940, the cruisers "Suffren", "Duquesne", "Tourville", "Duguay-Trouin" and 3 destroyers operated against the Italian-occupied Dodecanese. Later on in June, "Suffren" participated in a joint operation with the Royal Navy - the last before the French surrender.

At the French surrender in 1940, "Suffren" was at Alexandria, Egypt with other French warships. In contrast to the situation at Mers-el-Kébir, British and French admirals, Cunningham and Godfroy, reached a peaceful settlement. She was disarmed and interned by the British on 3 July 1940. She rejoined the Allied cause and was rearmed on 30 May 1943.

On 17 July 1943, "Suffren" rescued survivors of the torpedoed "City of Canton", off Beira, Mozambique.

On November 1946, "Suffren" bombarded the city of Haiphong, Vietnam which resulted in more than two thousand casualties and contributed to a start of First Indochina War.

She was eventually decommissioned on 1 October 1947, and used as a hulk in Toulon before being broken up in 1974.

External links

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship.html?ID=5978 "Suffren"] on uboat.net


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