French destroyer Malin

The Malin was a large destroyer ("contre-torpilleur") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War.

History
Malin was launched in August 1933 and commissioned in June 1936.

During World War II, Malin was at North Atlantic, taking part in pursuit of Graf Spee in mid-October.

In May 29, 1940, Malin and Bourrasque took part in the evacuation of allied troops at Dunkerque, and both ships were struck by mines. Malin survived and was repaired, but Bourrasque was sunk by a German submarine.

Malin was lightly damaged by British aircraft during the Battle of Mers-el-Kebir in July 3, and after being repaired, she took part in the Battle of Dakar in September, but was sent to Casablanca in mid-October.

In November 1942, after Operation Torch, Malin joined with allies. In March 1943 she received a massive refit at Boston. She received: two radars; ASDIC; and her 37 and 13.2 millimeter (mm) armament was replaced by 40 and 20 mm guns. After this refit, Malin was reclassified as a light cruiser to match allied standards. She was sent to Mediterranean, operating in the landings of Salerno in September 9, 1943. From the nights of October 13 and 14, Malin landed more than 250 commandos at Ajaccio.

In 1944 Spring, with her sister ships Fantasque and Terrible, Malin formed the 10th Light Cruiser Division, attacking German convoys at night. In August, she took part in Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of southern France and in December she collided with Terrible and was under repair until 1945, receiving the bow from her scuttled sister Indomptable.

From 1946 to 1947, Malin served at Indochina. Placed in reserve from 1951, Malin was converted to headquarters in 1953. Malin collided with a reef in the north of France in November 1963, and was decommissioned in December. She was scrapped next month.