Banco de dados da Segunda Guerra Mundial (WW2DB)

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseAlgérie entered service with the French Navy in 1931. Early in the European War she patrolled the Atlantic Ocean, and after a refitting at Toulon, France in Mar 1940 she participated in the transfer of French gold reserves to Canada. After Italy entered the European War, she bombarded Genoa, Italy. After the Franco-German armistice, she remained in Toulon along with the majority of the French fleet. For the coming months, she would sortie only once, escorting battleship Provence as the battleship returned to Toulon. In 1941, her aircraft catapult and seaplanes were removed to make room for additional 37-millimeter and 13.2-millimeter anti-aircraft weaponry and radar. In Nov 1942, when Germany made a move toward Toulon, Algérie's own crew set off demolition charges to prevent capture. The resulting fire burned for 20 days, rendering the ship useless. In Mar 1943, the Italians began to raise her wreck in sections; the work did not complete when the wreck was bombed by Allied aircraft in Mar 1944, causing it to sink once again. Efforts to break her up did not resume until after the war; she was not scrapped until 1949.

Heavy Cruiser Algérie Mapa Interativo

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Algérie Operational Timeline