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Lucifer II
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Photographer:brunoh [ View profile ]
Title:Lucifer Ii
Photo Category:Wrecks & Relics
Added:Jan 11, 2008
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Image Resolution:2,443 x 1,629
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Grounded near Cherbourg.
Built 1943 as HMS Windrush ("River" class), then transferred to French free Forces as "Découverte".
Decommissioned 1959
Transformed as fire dammage school training ship in 1967. Stopped operation in 2002.
What a life!
Will be depolluted soon including asbestos removal, before scrapping.
Cherbourg, Jan 10, 2008
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Built by: Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb in Scotland
Yard N°: 340
Type of Ship: River Class Frigate
Keel Laid: 18/11/1942
Launched: 18/06/1943
Commissioned: 03/11/1943
Length Overall: 91.8 m
Length B.P.: 86.3 m
Beam: 11.1 m
Depth Mld: 5.3 m
Draught: 4 m
HISTORY:
1943 Named: HMS WINDRUSH but was never commissioned into the Royal Navy.
1944 Three months after her launch she was one of five such Frigates gifted to the (F.N.F.L.) Free French Navy and she was christened LA DÉCOUVERTE. She served as an escort to the Atlantic convoys, under Canadian Navy control before being transferred to the F.N.F.L. (Free French) in February 1944 under French control.
In the D-Day invasion of the Normandy beaches, she sailed from Great Yarmouth to lead a convoy, comprising the Group 11, G Force, which was part of the Assault forces for the landing of the 3rd Canadian Division, heading for Juno Beach at the head of the convoy of more than 100 LCT's (Landing Craft Tank) once the invasion forces had reached the beaches she also provided anti-aircraft cover and shelled the coast.
1944-07-29 She was the first French Ship into Cherbourg with the French Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu. After the war she stayed on active service with the French Navy
1959 she was dumped in the French naval cemetery at L'anderennec.
1967 Towed north to become a training ship in the port of Cherbourg, beached in front of the training college and concreted into position. Renamed: LUCIFER II very apt as she was to be used amongst other things as a fire control ship to give practice to fire fighter who may have the un-enviable task some day of fighting a fire on board a ship.
2009 Cut up for scrap
LOCATION: 49°40'02.3"N 1°41'01.2"W
GOOGLE MAPS:
https://t.ly/HVwv5
If you use Google Earth 2007 you see this:
https://i.ibb.co/7vGqGF2/Lucifer-II-1.jpg
When the ship was in that place I will publish it.
otherwise we drain the oceans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45zHSeJvTWA
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P.S. J'espère que mon Français est assez bon, j'appologize s'il n'est pas !
Edouard S. Renouard, III
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Compliments pour votre français!
For the others, who don't speak French (yes, some people don't :-D ): Colbert was towed away from Bordeaux to a river near Brest, because this cruiser, transformed into an afloat musueum, was not making enough money, and no one wanted to cover maintenance costs; so it was stored again, as its machinery is similar to Jeanne d'Arc's steam machinery. Our old (47 years old!) training ship is always in danger of stopping due to lack of parts...
You are right, write to our president; but due to our minor budget problems, I doubt he will put money in old ships :lol: :lol:
Bruno
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First of all, I must say that in France, there never is money to save an old ship or an old plane. It is -unfortunately (I'm french) not interesting enough and usually things are scrapped :-(
Also this specific ship has a broken hull, very severe corrosion problems. And the insides are gone because fore more than 20 years fires were burning on board (including a few I had to extinguish myself!)
More info and pics on this well documented site, in French, sorry :-D : http://ladecouverte.chez-alice.fr/sommaire.html I found it after taking this shot.
Cheers
Bruno
Cheers
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