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|Ship country= France
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|Ship name= ''Commandant Dominé''
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|Ship laid down=February 1938
|Ship launched= 2 May 1939
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|Ship commissioned=April 1940
|Ship decommissioned=18 August 1960
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|Ship class=[[Elan-class minesweeping sloops|''Élan''-class]] [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping sloop]]
|Ship displacement=*{{Cvt|630|or|647|t|LT|0|lk=on}} ([[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]]){{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
*{{Convert|890|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} to {{Convert|900|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} ([[deep load]]){{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship length=*{{Convert|78.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|o/a]]){{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
*{{Convert|73.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ([[Length between perpendiculars|p/p]]){{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship beam=  {{Convert|8.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship draught= {{Convert|3.28|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship power={{Cvt|4600|bhp|0|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 × shafts; 2 × [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] [[diesel engine]]s{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship speed= {{Convert|20|kn|lk=in}}{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
|Ship range={{Cvt|10000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|9|kn}}
|Ship complement=*88 in peacetime;{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=17}}
*104 or 106 during the war{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=17}}
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* 1 × single M1892 or M1932 [[Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891|100&nbsp;mm/45]] gun ''or'' 1 × twin [[Canon de 90 mm Modèle 1926|M1926 90&nbsp;mm/50 guns]]
* 1 × quad [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|13.2&nbsp;mm/76]] AA gun
* 2 × twin 13.2&nbsp;mm/76 AA guns
* 2 [[depth charge]] throwers
* 1 depth charge rack
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'''''Commandant Dominé'' (U70/A15/F742)''' was a French [[Elan-class minesweeping sloops|''Élan''-class]] [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping sloop]] ({{lang|fr|Avisos dragueur de mines}}) that served in [[World War II]].
==Ship history==
''Commandant Dominé'' was built by ''[[Chantiers Dubigeon|Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon]]'' in [[Nantes]],{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|pp=17–21}} laid down in February 1938, launched on 2 May 1939{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=18}} and commissioned in April 1940. She was seized by the British on 3 July 1940 and transferred to the [[Free French Naval Forces]],<ref name=batnaval>{{Cite web |url=http://users.swing.be/batnaval/+navires/4190.html |title=Classe: Élan |work=users.swing.be |access-date=19 September 2010 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611181507/http://users.swing.be/batnaval/+navires/4190.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> seeing service in the [[Battle of Dakar]] ("Operation Menace") in September 1940.
The ship was rearmed by the British in 1941. Her main armament was replaced by twin [[QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun]]s, and she also received a single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder pom-pom]]{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}} AA gun to replace the quadruple [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|13.2&nbsp;mm/76]] AA guns. She retained her original twin 13.2&nbsp;mm/76 AA guns, but had an additional four twin and two single 12.7&nbsp;mm/62 machine guns installed.{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
Post-war she remained in service with the French Navy.<ref name=batnaval/> In 1947 she was rearmed again, with a single German [[10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun|105&nbsp;mm/45]] calibre SK C/32 gun as main armament, a single [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]]/60 Mk.3 and four single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm/70 Mk.2 Oerlikons]].{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=16}}
''Commandant Dominé'' was decommissioned on 18 August 1960,<ref name=batnaval/> and scrapped in October 1960.{{sfn|Le Masson|1969|p=18}}
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Le Masson |first=Henri |year=1969 |series=Navies of the Second World War |title=The French Navy |volume=2 |location=London |publisher=MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. |isbn=9780356023847 |pages=16–22 }}
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