The Germans later turned her over to the Royal Italian Navy ( '' Regia Marina '' ) who renamed her '' FR 23 '' when they recommissioned her in early 1943 . The ship was under repair in Italy when Italy surrendered in September , but managed to join the Allies . She was given to the Free French the following month , but she needed extensive repairs that lasted until early 1944 . '' Tigre '' returned to convoy work for a few months before beginning a more extensive reconstruction that last until early 1945 . She was then assigned to the Flank Force that protected Allied forces in the Tyrrhenian Sea from German forces in Northern Italy for the rest of the war . Several weeks after the end of the war in May , the ship supported French forces in Algeria during the riots in May – June . '' Tigre '' was then assigned as a fast troop transport until the end of 1946 . She became a gunnery training ship until mid-1948 and was then hulked for the Engineering School . The ship was stricken from the Navy List in 1954 and broken up for scrap the following year
riots in May – June
Sétif and Guelma massacre
French destroyer Tigre