- is
retained in its name in
other languages,
including French (contre-
torpilleur),
Italian (cacciatorpediniere),
Portuguese (contratorpedeiro),
Czech (torpédoborec)...
- of
naval escorts, the
French Navy was
limited to a
fleet of
torpilleur and contre-
torpilleur (otherwise
known as destroyers),
along with a
number of avisos...
-
Bourrasque was a Bourrasque-class
destroyer (
torpilleur d'escadre)
built for the
French Navy
during the 1920s. The
Bourrasque class had an
overall length...
- The Lion
class were a
planned series of
destroyers (contre-
torpilleur) for the
French Navy (Marine Nationale). The
class of two
ships were to be a continuation...
-
series of six
classes of
large destroyers,
known in
French as contre-
torpilleurs, that were
designed to sink
opposing cruisers by
catching them with superior...
- The Mogador-class
large destroyers (contre-
torpilleurs) of the
French Navy were laid down in 1935 and
commissioned in 1939. They were
extremely fast,...
- The
Bourrasque class was a
group of
twelve French Navy
destroyers (
torpilleur) laid down in 1923 and in
service from 1926 to 1950.
Along with the heavier...
- The
Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet; or, officially,
Archipel Crozet) are a sub-Antarctic
archipelago of
small islands in the
southern Indian Ocean...
- reparations.
After the war, the term
escorteur replaced that of
torpilleur [fr] and contre-
torpilleur [fr]
traditionally used by the
French Navy. However, in...
-
Volta was a Mogador-class
destroyer (contre-
torpilleur) of the
French Navy.
Named for the West
African river, she was
built before the
outbreak of World...
