Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index During World War II, Operation Frankton was a British commando raid on shipping at the mouth of the Gironde River near Bordeaux, France in December, 1942. The strike force made their approach in canoes that were carried to the area by the British submarine HMS Tuna. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.