French cruiser Primauguet (1924)

	Primauguet
History
France
Name	Primauguet
Namesake	Hervé de Portzmoguer
Builder	Arsenal de Brest
Laid down	16 August 1923
Launched	21 May 1924
Commissioned	1 April 1927
Fate	Destroyed in harbour, 8 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser
Displacement	7,249 tons (standard); 9350 tons (full load);
Length	181.30 m (594 ft 10 in) overall
Beam	17.50 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draught	6.14 m (20 ft 2 in), 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) full load
Propulsion	4-shaft Parsons single-reduction geared turbines; 8 Guyot boilers; 102,000 shp (76,000 kW)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	27 officers, 551 sailors
Armament	Initial; 8 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/50 guns (4 × 2); 4 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 1); 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3); 1942 refit; 8 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/50 guns (4 × 2); 4 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 1); 2 × 25 mm (1 in) light AA guns (2 × 1); 20 × 13.2 mm (1 in) AA machine guns (10 × 2); 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3);
Armour	Deck: 20 mm (0.79 in); Magazine box: 30 mm (1.2 in); Turrets and conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in);
Aircraft carried	2 Gourdou-Leseurre GL-812, later GL-832; 1 catapult;

Primauguet was a French Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser built after World War I. During the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in 1942, she was burnt out and abandoned, having been subject to gunfire from a fleet led by the battleship Massachusetts, and repeated aerial attacks by SBD Dauntless dive bombers. She was named after the 15th century Breton captain Hervé de Portzmoguer, nicknamed "Primauguet".

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