French ship Le Malin

Last updated October 01, 2021

Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Le Malin ("clever one" in French, or alternatively "the naughty" or "the devil").

A cutter (1780–1786)
A cutter (1795–1803)
French destroyer Le Malin, a large destroyer of the Le Fantasqueclass (1931–1964)
French ship Le Malin (A616) is a support ship from which the Commando Hubert operates.

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Le Malin was one of six Le Fantasque-class large destroyers built for the Marine Nationale during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War. When war was declared in September 1939, all of the Le Fantasques were assigned to the Force de Raid, tasked with hunting down German commerce raiders and blockade runners. Le Malin and two of her sister ships were based in Dakar, French West Africa, to patrol the Central Atlantic for several months in late 1939. They returned to Metropolitan France before the end of the year and were transferred to French Algeria in late April 1940 in case Italy decided to enter the war. Le Malin played a minor role in the Norwegian Campaign in late April. After returning to the Mediterranean, she screened French cruisers several times as they unsuccessfully hunted for Italian ships after Italy declared war in June.

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