According to the May 2008 edition of Ships Monthly, The French Cruiser Colbert, which has been 'on display' at Bordeaux since 1993, is to be towed to
Brest for use as a spares resovoir for ships 'of the same generation' still in service. After this, she will be scrapped. A sad end for a fine ship.
The tow is scheduled for 29th May, Weather permitting.
Also to go is the former HMS Windrush, a River class frigate built at Leith in 1943, which after service on the Atlantic convoys transferred to the Free French Navy in 1944 as Decouverte. She took part in the liberation of Cherbourg and was the first French ship to enter Brest. She remained in active service until 1959 when she paid off. In 1967 she was towed back to Cherbourg where she was beached at Querquerville and became a training vessel for the French Navy as Lucifer II. Declared surplus to requirements in 2001, 3.3million Euro project to dismantle the vessel in situ was due to have started in 2007, but will actually start soon.
Also to go is the former HMS Windrush, a River class frigate built at Leith in 1943, which after service on the Atlantic convoys transferred to the Free French Navy in 1944 as Decouverte. She took part in the liberation of Cherbourg and was the first French ship to enter Brest. She remained in active service until 1959 when she paid off. In 1967 she was towed back to Cherbourg where she was beached at Querquerville and became a training vessel for the French Navy as Lucifer II. Declared surplus to requirements in 2001, 3.3million Euro project to dismantle the vessel in situ was due to have started in 2007, but will actually start soon.
