Vauquelin class destroyer
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Vauquelin class destroyer |
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| Class Overview | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Name: | Vauquelin |
| Number of ships: | 6 |
| Preceded by: | Aigle |
| Succeeded by: | Le Fantasque |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2441 tons |
| Length: | 129m |
| Beam: | 11.84 m |
| Draught: | 4.97m max |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 4 boilers giving 64000 SHP |
| Speed: | 36 knots |
| Range: | 3650 nm at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 220 officers and men |
| Armament: | 5x138 mm (5.5in) guns 4 37 mm AA guns |
The Vauquelin-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French navy were laid down in 1930 and commissioned in 1931. They were very similar to the previous Aigle class, the only difference being a single extra torpedo tube. The class saw action in World War II.
[edit] Ships
- Cassard - named after the 18 th Centry naval captain Jacques Cassard, built by at & Ch de Bretagne nantes, completed 10 September 1933, Scuttled 27 November 1942
- Chevalier Paul - named after 17th century Admiral Chevalier Paul, built by F & Ch de la Mediterranee, Le Harve, completed 20 July 1934, torpedoed and sunk 16 June 1941
- Kersaint - named after admiral Armand de Kersaint, built by by At Ch de la Loire St Nazaire, completed 31 december 1933, Scuttled 27 November 1942
- Maillé Brézé - named after 17th Century Marshal of France, Urbain de Maillé-Brézé, built by at & Ch de St Nazaire Panhoet, completed 6th April 1933, lost by accidental explosion 30 April 1940
- Tartu - built by At Ch de la Loire St Nazaire, completed 31 December 1932, Scuttled 27 November 1942
- Vauquelin - named after Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, built by At Ch de France Dunkirk, Completed 3 November 1933, Scuttled 27 November 1942
Maillé Brézé was lost on 30 April 1940 after a torpedo accident at Greenock, Scotland, killing 25 of her crew (sabotage was suspected at the time). Chevalier Paul was sunk off the coast of Syria on 16 June 1941, by British torpedo bombers. Vauquelin, Cassard, Kersaint and Tartu were all scuttled in Toulon Harbour on 27 November 1942 to prevent their capture by Germany, these ships were too badly damaged to be salvaged.
[edit] References
- M.H Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1 85409 521 8
- Vauquelin-class at uboat.net
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