Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

The attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed. The attack by air and sea was conducted by the Royal Navy, after France had signed armistices with Germany and Italy, coming into effect on 25 June.

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Bretagne, Commandant Teste, FR 31, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Enterprise, HMS Foxhound, HMS Resolution, HMS Walney, Provence, Mogador Q1637190, 

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1940 Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

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1348 Siege of Oran

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1349 Siege of Oran

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1360 — 1361 Oran campaign

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1437 Battle of Oran

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1497 Attack on Mers el-Kébir

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1501 Battle of Mers el-Kebir

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1505 Capture of Mers-el-Kébir

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1507 Battle of Mers-el-Kébir

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1556 Siege of Oran

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1563 Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir

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1675 — 1678 Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir

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1693 Siege of Oran

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1707 — 1708 Siege of Oran

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1732 Spanish expedition to Oran

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1790 — 1792 Siege of Oran

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1831 Capture of Oran

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1835 Battle of l'Habrah

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Mogador 03-07-1940

Mers el kebir ON005

Cuirassé Bretagne 03-07-1940

Croiseur de bataille Strasbourg 03-07-1940

Sortie sous le feu Mers-el-Kébir 03-07-1940

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Mers el Kebir Memorial at Toulon, France

Mers el Kebir Memorial at Toulon, France

Mers el Kebir

Mers el Kebir (1)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Battle of Tem-Salmet	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1348	Siege of Oran	siege, Marinid dynasty, Kingdom of Tlemcen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1349	Siege of Oran	siege, Marinid dynasty, Kingdom of Tlemcen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1360	Oran campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1437	Battle of Oran	Kingdom of Portugal, battle, Kingdom of Tlemcen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1497	Attack on Mers el-Kébir	battle, Crown of Castile, Kingdom of Tlemcen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1501	Battle of Mers el-Kebir	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1505	Capture of Mers-el-Kébir	battle, Kingdom of Tlemcen, Catholic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1507	Battle of Mers-el-Kébir	battle, Crown of Castile, Kingdom of Tlemcen	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1556	Siege of Oran	Hispanic Monarchy, Regency of Algiers, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1563	Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir	Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy, Regency of Algiers, Kingdom of Kuku, Kingdom of Beni Abbas	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1675	Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir	siege, Hispanic Monarchy, Regency of Algiers	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1693	Siege of Oran	siege, Hispanic Monarchy, Regency of Algiers, Sharifian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1707	Siege of Oran	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1732	Spanish expedition to Oran	military expedition, Regency of Algiers, Kingdom of Spain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1790	Siege of Oran	siege, Regency of Algiers, Kingdom of Spain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1831	Capture of Oran	July Monarchy, battle, Western Beylik	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1835	Battle of l'Habrah	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Attack on Mers-el-Kébir	battle, betrayal	Wikidata
link	page		NavWeaps page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Operations Room page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft	1930	HMS Walney	cutter, Banff-class sloop	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1977	Établissement de construction et de réparation navale	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort of Mers El Kebir	presidio, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Santa Cruz Fort	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Mogador 03-07-1940		Commons
commons	image		Mers el kebir ON005		Commons
commons	image		Cuirassé Bretagne 03-07-1940		Commons
commons	image		Croiseur de bataille Strasbourg 03-07-1940		Commons
commons	image		Sortie sous le feu Mers-el-Kébir 03-07-1940		Commons
commons	image		Mers el kebir ON037		Commons
commons	image		Mers el Kebir Memorial at Toulon, France		Commons
commons	image		Mers el Kebir Memorial at Toulon, France		Commons
commons	image		Mers el Kebir		Commons
commons	image		Mers el Kebir (1)		Commons