Audacieux

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L'Audacieux was one of six Le Fantasque-class large destroyers built for the Marine Nationale during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War. When war was declared in September 1939, all of the Le Fantasques were assigned to the Force de Raid, tasked to hunt down German commerce raiders and blockade runners. L'Audacieux and two of her sister ships were based in Dakar, French West Africa, to patrol the Central Atlantic for several months in late 1939. They returned to Metropolitan France before the end of the year and were transferred to French Algeria in late April 1940 in case Italy decided to enter the war. She screened French cruisers several times as they unsuccessfully hunted for Italian ships after Italy declared war in June.

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L'Audacieux
length 132.4 metre, speed 37 knot, draft 4.5 metre, beam 12 metre, 
destroyerLe Fantasque-class destroyerFrench NavyNaval Group


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    1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
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    1934-03-15T00:00:00Z
    1934-03-15T00:00:00Z
    ship launching
    1935-08-01T00:00:00Z
    1935-08-01T00:00:00Z
    ship commissioning
    1931-11-16T00:00:00Z
    1931-11-16T00:00:00Z
    keel laying
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