La Combattante Destroyer Speed 2 Mg 3 3 2 AA 5 ASW 6 TT 1 1
A 1 V6 H2
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Laid down as the hms haldon, she was offered to and commissioned into free french naval forces in 1942. She operated in channel waters, rescuing pilots and engaging km coastal forced.
Assign to shore support for dday she grounded briefly. (She was operating very close to shore) She later transported degaulle and other dignitaries to france with 250m francs for circulation in liberated france.
She was mined in channel waters in 1945. The km incorrectly assuming she was torpedoed.
Originally HMS Haldon, La Combattante did what Hunt-class destroyers did best (escort, engaging U-boats, engaging E-boats) and provided shore support for Operation Neptune before landing General De Gaulle, his staff, and gold to fund the new government.
Wiki relates a funny story that after briefly grounding on D-Day, one of her companions signalled that they were glad the french were first to touch land that day.