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French frigate Aconit (F 713)
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Aconit is a general purpose stealth frigate of the French Navy. Initially to be named Jauréguiberry, she is now the fourth French vessel named after the FNFL corvette Aconit.
French frigate Aconit (F 713)
French frigate Aconit (F 713)
Image: FS Aconit 1
Image: FS Aconit 1
Image: FS Aconit 2
Image: FS Aconit 2
Image: FS Aconit 3
Image: FS Aconit 3
French corvette Aconit
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Aconit was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II, she escorted 116 convoys, spending 728 days at sea. She was awarded the Croix de la Libération and the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945, and was cited by the British Admiralty. Following the war she was used as whaling ship for three different companies from 1947 to 1964.
Aconit in 1942 paint
Aconit in 1942 paint
Aconit returning to Greenock 14 March 1943. She sank two U-boats by gunfire and ramming while escorting an Atlantic convoy through a U-boat pack on 10
Aconit returning to Greenock 14 March 1943. She sank two U-boats by gunfire and ramming while escorting an Atlantic convoy through a U-boat pack on 10 March 1943
Two German prisoners from one of the U-boats sunk by the French corvette Aconit on 14 March 1943.
Two German prisoners from one of the U-boats sunk by the French corvette Aconit on 14 March 1943.