Le Terrible

Le Terrible was one of six Le Fantasque-class large, very fast destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1930s. She was laid down on 8 December 1931, launched on 30 November 1933 and commissioned on 15 April 1935. Le Terrible entered service in 1936 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" which was tasked to hunt down German commerce raiders and blockade runners. Le Terrible and two of her sister ships were based in Dakar, French West Africa, to patrol the Central Atlantic for se...