Commandant Teste

Commandant Teste was a large seaplane tender of the French Navy built before World War II. She was designed to be as large as possible without counting against the Washington Treaty limits. During the Spanish Civil War, she protected neutral merchant shipping and played a limited role during World War II as she spent the early part of the war in North African waters or acting as an aviation transport between France and North Africa. She was slightly damaged during the British bombardment of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kébir in July 1940. Commandant Teste was scuttled at Toulon when the Germans invaded Vichy France in November 1942, but was refloated after the war and considered for conversion to an escort or training carrier. Neither proposal was accepted and she was sold for scrap in 1950.

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mass 10000 tonne, speed 20.5 knot, length 167 metre, beam 27 metre, draft 7.4 metre, 24 aircraft, 12 cannon, 
seaplane tender, Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, French Navy, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1940-07-03T00:00:00Z

1940-07-03T00:00:00Z

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

1927-09-06T00:00:00Z

1927-09-06T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1929-04-12T00:00:00Z

1929-04-12T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Commandant-Teste

Commandant-Teste

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Commandant-Teste		Commons
commons	image		Commandant-Teste		Commons