 HMS Largs at Greenock
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | MV Charles Plumier |
| Owner | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (The French Line) |
| Builder | Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence at Port de Bouc |
| Completed | October 1938 |
| Commissioned | 1938 |
| Fate | Seized by Royal Navy November 1941 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Largs |
| Acquired | November 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to France |
| France | |
| Commissioned | 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1964 |
| Fate | Sold to Greek Cruise company |
 Greece | |
| Name | MV Pleias |
| Commissioned | 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 1968 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cargo-passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 4,626 tons GRT |
| Length | 104,45 m |
| Beam | 15,8 m |
| Draught | deadweight 2386 tons |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers, 2-stroke MAN-Diesel engines, 5200HP |
| Speed | 14,5 Knots |
HMS Largs was a former Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line)[1] fruit (banana) ship captured by the Royal Navy ship HMS Faulknor[2] five months after the Battle of France while docked at Gibraltar in November 1940 and commissioned as an "ocean boarding vessel". She subsequently became a Combined Operations Headquarters ship for almost every significant amphibious operation of World War II, including Operations Torch, Husky and Overlord and she would be manned by naval, army and air force crew.[3]
- ^ "French Lines cargo ship CHARLES-PLUMIER". Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "A 6944". www.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Normandy: Combined Operations". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2012.