FR Bourrasque
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The
French destroyer Bourrasque took part 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, Bourrasque was taken under fire
from a German artillery battery and hit. The destroyer
started quickly to flood, and the crew and the French
soldiers abandoned ship. 559 soldiers got away from the
sinking ship. She sank on a depth of 25 meter, and was
found by divers in 1984 near Nieuport.
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| 51º14'58"N, 02º33'02"E ( Source: Uboat.net )  Wikipedia, Public domain |
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