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The ''Le Malin'' was a large destroyer ("contre-torpilleur") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War. ''Le Malin'' was launched in August 1933 and commissioned in June 1936. During the early months of World War II, ''Le Malin'' patrolled the North Atlantic with the ''Force de Raid'', taking part in the pursuit of the ''Graf Spee'' in mid-October. In May 29, 1940, ''Le Malin'' took part in the evacuation of allied troops at Dunkerque, and was struck by mines. ''Le Malin'' was lightly damaged by British aircraft during the Battle of Mers-el-Kebir in July 3, and after being repaired, she took part in the Battle of Dakar in September, but was sent to Casablanca in mid-October. In November 1942, after being damaged in Operation Torch, ''Le Malin'' rejoined the Allied forces. In March 1943 she received a massive refit at Boston. She received: two radars; ASDIC; and her 37 and 13.2 millimeter (mm) armament was replaced by 40 and 20 mm guns. After this refit, ''Le Malin'' was reclassified as a light cruiser to match allied standards. She was sent to Mediterranean, operating in the landings of Salerno in September 9, 1943. On the nights of October 13 and 14, ''Le Malin'' landed more than 250 commandos at Ajaccio. In 1944 Spring, with her sister ships Le ''Fantasque'' and ''Le Terrible'', ''Le Malin'' formed the 10th Light Cruiser Division in the Adriatic, attacking German convoys at night including defeating a German convoy just off Ist island in February 1944. In August, she took part in Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of southern France and in December she collided with ''Le Terrible'' and was under repair until 1945, receiving the bow from her scuttled sister L'Indomptable From 1946 to 1947, ''Le Malin'' served at Indochina. Placed in reserve from 1951, ''Le Malin'' was converted to headquarters in 1953. ''Le Malin'' collided with a reef in the north of France in November 1963, and was decommissioned in December. She was scrapped the next month. ==References== 〔 * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Le Malin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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