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Ordered on 23 May 1931 as part of the 1930 Naval Program, Le Malin was laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at their shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer on 16 November 1931. She was launched on 17 August 1933, commissioned on 20 December 1935, completed on 1 May 1936 and entered service on 8 June.
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Le Malin ("clever one" in French, or alternatively "the naughty" or "the devil"). A cutter (1780–1786) A cutter (1795–1803) French destroyer Le Malin, a large destroyer of the Le Fantasque class (1931–1964) French ship Le Malin (A616) is a support ship from which the Commando Hubert operates.
During 21–30 October, the Force de Raid, including all of the Le Fantasques, screened Convoy KJ 4 against a possible attack by the heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. On 25 November the 8th Scout Division, which consisted of L'Indomptable, Le Malin, and Le Triomphant, rendezvoused with the battleship Strasbourg and escorted her to Brest. [10]
Le Malin: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: 17 August 1933 1 May 1936 Scrapped, 1957 Le Terrible: Chantiers Navals Français, Caen. Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire. 8 December 1931 30 November 1933 1 October 1935 Scrapped, 1963 Le Triomphant: Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk: 28 August 1931 16 April ...
When Le Triomphant arrived at Toulon on 7 February, she relieved Le Malin in the 10th Light Cruiser Division (10 e Division de croiseurs légers). The ship remained on active duty until she was placed in reserve at Bizerte on 1 November 1949. Le Triomphant was sold for scrap in December 1957 and was subsequently broken up. [23]
She returned to Toulon on 26 April and then, together with Le Malin, Le Terrible made a show the flag cruise to northern Europe in May. On 1 January 1947, the 10th LCD was combined with the 4th Division of Cruisers into the Cruiser Group; during this time, only two of the four surviving ships of the class were active at any one time because of ...
In 1929 he attended the School of War, where he was also promoted. He was appointed frigate captain in 1933 and then commanded the destroyer Le Malin. [2] He was appointed captain of the ship at the beginning of the Second World War. In 1940 and 1941, he commanded the cruiser Georges Leygues, with whom he escaped the British blockade in Gibraltar.
The French Navy was involved as well in the first half of 1944, with the 10th Division of Light Cruisers made up of three Le Fantasque-class destroyers (Le Fantasque, Le Terrible, Le Malin) making high speed sweeps in the Adriatic, destroying German convoys.