Allied Warships

FFL La Surprise (K 292)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Free French Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 292 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) 
Ordered14 Apr 1942 
Laid down 
Launched16 Aug 1943 
Commissioned 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the F.N.F.L. (Free French) in 1944 and renamed La Surprise.
Transferred to Marocco in 1964 to serve as Royal Yacht and renamed Al Maouna.

 
Former nameHMS Torridge

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