FR Bourrasque
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Bourrasque
was a destroyer laid down at Ateliers et Chantiers de
France in November 1923 as part of a program to renew the
French Navy after First World War. She was launched in
August 1925 and commissioned in September the following
year. She participated in the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk
30. May 1940, Operation Dynamo, and had on her last
journey 600 French soldiers on board. Near the buoy at
Nieuwport she was taken under fire from a German artillery
battery and hit. She started to flood, and the crew and
the French soldiers had to abandon ship. It is believed
that 41 soldiers lost their lives in the sinking. The
wreck was found by sport divers in 1984. and rest today on
a depth of 25 meter about thirteen nautical miles
northeast of Dunkirk. Also see the wreck of the destroyer Foudroyant.
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| 51 ° 14 '964 N 02 ° 33 '026 E ( Source: Plongee Infos )  Courtesy of Imperial War Museum, Public domain Last updated: May 2015 |
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