La Surprise

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La Surprise was a French Navy Minesweeper-type ship that participated in World War II. It was a class Chambois, a name derived by the French city of the same name. It was built by Arsenal de Lorient (Lorient, France), and commissioned on Mar, 1940, and lost 8 Nov, 1942, when it Sunk off Oran by gunfire from the British destroyer HMS Brilliant.

[edit] See also

• World War II
• French ships

[edit] References

• http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6190.html