French Destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627)
History
On 2 March 1962, Maillé-Brézé, along with another four destroyers, landed fresh troops at Algiers to fight the OAS upsurge. Assisted by her sister ship Surcouf, she was about to shell the OAS-held quarter of Bab-el-Oued when a counter-order called the operation off. The destroyers instead took battle stations close to the shore as a deterrent.
In 1988, she was decommissioned and became a museum ship in Nantes. She has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since October 1991.
On 21 February 2016, director Christopher Nolan announced plans to feature the ship in his then upcoming World War II film Dunkirk. In the film, she portrayed two British destroyers – sister ships HMS Vivacious and HMS Vanquisher – by simultaneously carrying the D36 pennant number of Vivacious on her port side and stern, and Vanquisher's pennant D54 on her starboard side.
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
- ^ "La propulsion et la fabrication d'énergie". www.maillebreze.com.
- ^ Labour research, Volumen 51, p. 112. Labour Research Department, 1962
- ^ Roche, Jean-Michel (2010). "Escorteur d'Escadre Surcouf" [Fleet Escort Surcouf] (in French). Netmarine.net. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Base Palissy: PM44000601, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Le Maillé Brézé vedette du prochain film de Christopher Nolan - France 3 Pays de la Loire
- ^ "Dunkirk (2017)". IMDb.
External links
- (in French) Maillé-Brézé naval museum, Nantes
- Roll of Honour