Friday, 11 July 2025

French destroyer (ex-Mendoza) Aventurier 1911-1940

Opiniâtre of Aventurier-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Touareg of Arabe-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Aventurier-class preceded by Enseigne Roux-class succeeded by Arabe-class. Originally ordered by Argentina by taken over by French navy due to the outbreak of the First World War in August and fitted out with French armament. Laid down by Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux, France, launched on 18 February 1911, completed on 92 September 1914, stricken in 1983 and broken up in 1940. 

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