Navy | The Free French Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | River |
Pennant | K 370 |
Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.): Plenty |
Ordered | 14 Jun 1942 |
Laid down | |
Launched | 18 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | Feb 1944 |
End service | |
History | Transferred to the F.N.F.L. (Free French) in February 1944 and renamed La Découverte. |
Former name | HMS Windrush |
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Notable events involving La Découverte include:
23 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with ORP Burza (Lt.Cdr. F. Pitulko) and FFS La Découverte. (1)
15 Apr 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with FFS La Découverte and HMS Burdock (Lt. H.M. Collier, RNR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18494
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.