HMS Enterprise

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Ship	HMS Enterprise


Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Ship
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Ship Class	HMS Enterprise
Ship Type	Cruiser

Involved In Activity	1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria
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Details	Email Contribution: My grand father Louis Collinet was not the Captain of the Dunkerque in battle of Mers el Kebir (1940 07 03), but Captain of the Strasbourg. The Strasbourg was the only ship, which escaped to Toulon harbor. The grand Mother of Louis Collinet was english and he had british education. When the English naval forces came on the morning of 1940 07 03, he discretly prepared the machine of the ship and gave the order to cut the main anchor chains of Strasbourg and to fix small cable to prepare the escape. When the ship gone away my grand father refused to make fire on the Hood besause he considered that English navy was still 'allies' ! Email Contribution: From: Jean Marie Piquet Subject: French cruiser Strasbourg in the battle of Mers-El Kebir The story told by the grandson of the Strasbourg's commandant was reported to me differently by the then officer in charge of Gun-control of the battleship that day, while she was cruising at full speed towards Toulon, hunted by a force of destroyers and the HOOD.: This officer reported to the commandant that due to sunset, the British ships would be in unfavourable conditions to signt the ship and that an opportunity existed to steer 90 degrees unseen and hit the HOOD by the flank, over the heads of the destroyers. Answer from the commandant was "There has been enough casualties for today!" Years later, after retirements, they both met for a dinner in my father's home and he confessed that he was one of the few French officers to know that British battleships were equipped with the first generation of radars which allowed them to track enemy units even in the dark. He thus could not explain his decision to forge ahead instead of taking a brave but foolish stand.
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Units
	Operated By Country
	Great Britain

Ships
	Built By Shipbuilder	Laid Down YMD	Launch YMD	Commissioned YMD	Final YMD	On Slip	Fitting Out	Total Building	Life Year
	John Brown At Clydebank	1918 Jun 28	1919 Dec 23	1926 Apr 07	1946 Jan 01	543day	2 297day	2 840day	19.74yr

Sensors
1) Fitted With Sensor	2) 1: as	3) 2: Fitted	4) 1:Radar Type	5) 1: Primary Image
BR, Director, HACS Mark 1	N	1935 Jan 01
BR, Radar, Type 272	N	1943 Oct 01	Surface Search
BR, Radar, Type 281	N	1943 Oct 01	Air Search
BR, Radar, Type 282	N	1943 Oct 01	AA Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 284	N	1943 Oct 01	Surface Fire Control
BR, Radar, Type 285	N	1943 Oct 01	AA Fire Control

Assignments
Covered By Assignment	Assign To Unit
1939_Dec_01 HMS Emerald - - HMS York - BR North America	BR North America
1945_Jan_01 HMS Emerald - - RN Reserve Fleet	RN Reserve Fleet

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