French Destroyers Torpilleurs D’escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs 1922-1956.pdf

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Chacal arriving in Portsmouth with her sister Léopard on 26 August 1936. The ships had recently been assigned to the Officer
Training School, the Ecole Navale (see Chapter 11), and were conducting a series of visits to major European ports as part of
the training programme.
Copyright © John Jordan & Jean Moulin 2015
Watercolour paintings © Jean Bladé 2015
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by
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CONTENTS
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Conversion Tables
PART 1:
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Colour plates
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
TECHNICAL SECTION
The Jaguar Class
The Bourrasque Class
The L’Adroit Class
The Guépard Class
The Aigle Class
The Vauquelin Class, Milan and Epervier
The Le Fantasque Class
The Mogador Class
The Le Hardi Class
Appendix A: The 600-tonne Torpedo Boats
Paint Schemes and Identification Markings
HISTORICAL SECTION
The Period 1926–1939
The Period 1939–1943
Appendix B: Léopard FNFL 1940–1943
Appendix C: Le Triomphant FNFL 1940–1944
PART 2:
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
The Period 1943–1945
Appendix D: Le Fantasque Modernisations USA 1943–1944
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