Allied Warships

HMS Le Triomphant

Large destroyer of the Le Fantasque class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLarge destroyer
ClassLe Fantasque 
Pennant 
Built byAt. & Ch de France (Dunkirk, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Aug 1931 
Launched16 Apr 1934 
Commissioned6 Jul 1940 
End service28 Aug 1940 
HistoryCaptured by the British at Plymouth on 3 July 1940.
Transferred to the Free French Navy on 28 august 1940.
Decommissioned on 6 December 1954 and scrapped in 1958. 

Commands listed for HMS Le Triomphant

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1Cdr. Maxwell Richmond, OBE, RN6 Jul 194028 Aug 1940

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