French destroyer La Combattante

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La Combattante in January 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Haldon
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow
Laid down	16 January 1941
Launched	27 April 1942
Completed	30 December 1942
Identification	Pennant number: L19
Fate	Transferred to Free French Navy in 1942
Free France
Name	La Combattante
Acquired	1 December 1942
Commissioned	15 December 1942
Fate	Mined 23 February 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Type III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 tons standard; 1,435 tons full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in)
Beam	10.16 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	168
Electronic warfare & decoys	Two radars (sea and air sentry) One ASDIC type 144
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III 2 × tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes 110 depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks

La Combattante ("The Combatant") was a destroyer^[a] of the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL). A British-built Hunt-class destroyer, she was offered to the Free French in 1942.
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