Mogador class destroyer
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| Mogador' class Destroyer | |
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 Mogador class destroyer |
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| Class Overview | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Name: | Mogador |
| Number of ships: | 2 |
| Preceded by: | Le Fantasque |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2884 tons (Standard) 3700 tons (Full Load) |
| Length: | 137.5 m |
| Beam: | 12.67m |
| Draught: | 4.57m |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines 4 boilers, giving 92000 SHP |
| Speed: | 39 knots |
| Range: | 4000 nm at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 226 men |
| Armament: | 8 138 mm (5.5in) guns (4x2)
4 37mm AA guns 4 0.5in AA guns 10 21.7 in (550mm) torpedo tubes 40 mines |
The Mogador-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French navy were laid down in 1934 and commissioned in 1939. They were very large, fast, destroyers, with their eight 138mm (5.5in) guns approaching a light cruiser in firepower. The design evolved from the extremely fast Fantasque class, being 300 tons heavier and carrying eight guns in enclosed twin turrets rather than five guns in single open mounts. Volta nevertheless achieved remarkable speeds of 43kts during sea trials.
[edit] Ships
- Mogador - built by Arsenal de Lorient, completed 8 April 1939
- Volta - built by At & Ch de Bretagne Nantes, completed 6 March 1939
Four more ships to be named , Kléber, Desaix, Hoche and Marceau were ordered in 1939, but not built due to the start of World War II
Both Mogador and Volta were scuttled in Toulon Harbour on 27 November 1942 to prevent their capture by Germany. Both were refloated but neither was repaired.
[edit] References
- M.H Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
- Mogador-class at uboat.net
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