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Loss
Date 30 April 1940
Event ID 581743
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/581743
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Circumstances of Loss Details
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Whilst the torpedo tubes of the MAILLE BREZE were trained fore and aft, they were accidentally fired hitting the bridge which set the fuel on fire. Attempts to put out the fire failed and the vessel blew up and sank with the loss of 28 ratings.
Source: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as destroyer: date of loss cited as 30 April 1940). Maille Breze: explosion whilst loading torpedoes, sank at quay. All gone 1954, and broken up.
Registration: French. Built 1931. 2441nrt. Length: 128m. Beam,: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.80 W4 44.87).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(The loss of this vessel is illustrated, but not described. The published photograph shows the vessel as having sunk upright in relatively ashallow water away from any quay, her upperworks remaining visible).
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
