FFL Sénégalais (T 22)
French Destroyer escort
Name | FFL Sénégalais (T 22) | ||
Type: | Destroyer escort (Sénégalais) | ||
Tonnage | 1,300 tons | ||
Completed | 1943 - Dravo Co, Wilmington, Pittsburgh | ||
Owner | Free French Navy | ||
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Date of attack | 4 May 1944 | Nationality: French | |
Fate | Damaged by U-371 (Horst-Arno Fenski) | ||
Position | 37° 49'N, 5° 39'E - Grid CH 93 | ||
Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
Convoy | GUS-38 | ||
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History | built as American USS Corbesier (DE 106) of the Cannon-class, completed as FFL Sénégalais (T 22) for the Free French Navy. 1952 reclassified as frigate (F 702) 1962 renamed Yser (F 702). 1965 sold for scrap to Walter Ritscher, Hamburg. | ||
Notes on event | In the night on 2/3 May 1944, U-371 was spotted recharging her batteries on the surface off Djidjelli on the Algerian coast. The area was swamped with six escorts from convoy GUS-38 and three aircraft squadrons. At 01.18 hours on 3 May, the U-boat managed to damage USS Menges (DE 320) with a Gnat in the stern. The other vessels hunted the U-boat until the early morning of 4 May when Fenksi had to surface his boat and save his crew, but at 04.04 hours he still fought back and also damaged the FFL Sénégalais (T 22) with a Gnat before scuttling the U-boat. | ||
On board | We have details of 13 people who were on board. |
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