Drogou, François

Date of birth:: December 30th, 1904 (Bohars, France)
Date of death:: December 15th, 1940 (at sea, Kerkenna Island, Tunisia)
Nationality:: French

Biography

00.00.1923: joined the French Navy
00.00.1923-00.00.1925: Naval Academy
00.00.1925: promoted to enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe
00.00.1925-00.00.1926: appointed to the dreadnought battleship 'Jeanne d'Arc'
00.00.1926-00.00.1927: appointed to the dreadnought battleship 'Paris'
00.00.1927: promoted to enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe
00.00.1927-00.00.1928: appointed to the torpedo boat 'Enseigne Gabold'
00.00.1928-00.00.1929: appointed to the dreadnought battleship 'Condorcet'
00.04.1929-00.05.1931: appointed to the cruiser 'Primauguet'
00.00.1932: promoted to lieutenant de vaisseau and specialized in the submarine warfare
00.00.1933-00.00.1936: successively appointed to the submarines 'Argo', 'Oréade' then 'Monge'
00.08.1937-00.07.1939: commander of the submarine 'Orion'
00.09.1939-00.02.1940: appointed to the '3e escadrille de sous-marins'
00.02.1940: commander of the submarine 'Narval' - deployed in the Mediterranean Sea in surveillance of the libyan coasts
22.06.1940: joined the Free French Forces in Malta
00.08.1940: promoted to capitaine de corvette
25.09.1940-08.10.1940: commander of the 'Narval', 1st patrol with the British submarine 'Rorqual'
25.10.1940-03.11.1940: 2nd patrol between Lampedusa and Kerkennah
02.12.1940: 3rd patrol region Kerkennah
15.12.1940: sunk with all the crew when the 'Narval' hit a sea mine near Kerkennah islands, Tunisia
01.01.1941: posthumously promoted to capitaine de frégate
00.00.1957: wreckage and crew precisely located