LES AVISOS DRAGUEURS DE 630 TW DU TYPE 'ELAN' - Tome 2.

This series of sloops dredgers had the misfortune of being born too late for the start of World War II, since some will go to fire almost without weapons worthy of the fighting. But she still served if sweepers (very few) especially escorts convoys, building type sorely missing in the French Navy. Some of the buildings will also be on the theaters of operations such as Dunkirk, Dakar (both FNFL and Vichy camps), the landing in Provence, then it will be the same Indochina and Algeria. Each will have an exciting and little known career.
The tome.1, which was published in June 2015, covering the first 6: Moose, the Bory Commander, Commander Delage, the Commandant Rivière, Commander Duboc and Commandant Domine. 336 pages, 700 photos, 35 maps, 46 color profiles and 20 watercolors by Jean Bladé.
In Volume 2, like their sister ships studied in Volume 1, the sloops dredgers baptized by adjectives will experience an exciting career marked by significant events. (The Battler, The Capricious, The Gracious, The Sulky, The Impetuous, The Curious & The Moqueuse). The four survivors Second World War involved in the war in Indochina, then three with that of Algeria. The Capricious ended his days in the Pacific, the Moqueuse last service is used in the 1960s as an experimental building testing of SS 11 missiles.
320 pages, 750 photos and 53 color profiles.