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Monday 16 October 2017

French cruiser Primauguet visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies in 1932


An item reported that the French cruiser Primauguet visited Sabang, Dutch East Indies between 13-15 May 1932.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Duguay-Trouin class light cruisers consisting of the Duguay-Trouin, Laomoot-Picguet and Primauguet, succeeded by the Jeanne d’Arc. Laid down by the Arsenal de Brest, France on 16 August 1923, launched on 21 May 1924, commissioned on 1 April 1927, refitted since 8 November 1941 at Casablanca, Morocco, heavily damaged still lying at Casablanca in a gun battle with the battleship USS Massachusetts and the cruiser USS Wichita resulting in 45 men killed and over the 200 wounded, that night was she burned out despite she was be beached on a reef  was she some days later complete destroyed by the tides.

Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1931-1932.