French destroyer Bison

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At least two ships of the French Navy have been named Bison:

French destroyer Bison (1928), a Guépard-class destroyer launched in 1928 and sunk in 1940.
French destroyer Bison (1941), a Le Hardi-class destroyer launched in 1939 as Le Flibustier and renamed Bison in 1941. Seized by Italy in 1942 and renamed FR35. Subsequently seized by Germany and sunk in 1944.

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The French destroyer Le Flibustier was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s. Still incomplete when the French signed an armistice to end the Battle of France, material shortages prevented her completion and she was placed in reserve. The ship was renamed Bison in early 1941. When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet intact, the destroyer was one of the few ships not scuttled to prevent their capture. She was turned over to the Regia Marina in 1943, but was seized by the Germans after the Italian armistice in September. The ship was salvaged in 1945 and later scrapped.

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