Keywords: French Warships at Algiers in the later 1930s.jpg French Warships at Algiers Algeria then France circa the later 1930s The ships moored with their sterns to the quay include from left to right Four 2400-tonne type destroyers four submarines and one 2400-tonne type destroyer The nearest destroyer of the four to the left is of the group that had their forward torpedo tubes mounted at the deck edge and may be Vauquelin which wore the identification number 52 at one point during this time The destroyer at right is one of ten ships that had their forward torpedo tubes mounted on the centerline The ships in the middle distance include a passenger liner and two heavy cruisers Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-110000/NH-110753 html NH 110753 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1938 unknown the original print came from the Office of Naval Intelligence PD-USGov-Military-Navy Algeria in the 1930s World War II destroyers of France Vauquelin ship 1931 |