France's fall found Léopard at Portsmouth, where Operation Catapult placed her under British control. She was quickly handed to the Free French. Jules Evenou received command and served under a nom de guerre. Free French personnel used assumed names to protect their families, linking a command appointment at sea to the risks their relatives faced at home.
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Léopard's Free French commander and wartime pseudonym
Léopard's early transfer to the Free French brought Jules Evenou to command under an assumed wartime name intended to protect his family.