French cruiser Primauguet (1924)
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| 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 & type | Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser |
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| 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 |
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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".