T 47 class destroyer
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| France |  |
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| Builders: | Arsenal de Brest, Arsenal de Lorient, FC de la Geronde, AC Bretagne |
| Operators: | France |
| Preceding class: | Le Fantasque, Le Hardi |
| Following class: | Georges Leygues |
| Subclasses: | Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit |
| Decommissioned: | 1988 |
| In service: | 1955 |
| Ships in Class | |
| Ships in class: | 12 |
| Preserved ships: | Maillé-Brézé |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2750 tons standard, 3740 tons full load |
| Length: | 128.6 m |
| Beam: | 12.7 m |
| Draught: | 5.4 m |
| Propulsion and power: | 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 63,000 hp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 5000 nm at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 347 |
| Armament: | 6 - 127mm guns (3 twin turrets) 6 - 57mm guns (3 twin turrets) |
The T 47 class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960's and decommissioned in the 1980's when they were replaced by Georges Leygues class frigates
These ships were larger than other contemporary European destroyers and were based on the wartime Le Hardi class destroyers but were enlarged and had a dual purpose armament. The ships were designed as fleet escorts rather than for independent operations therefore had a slower speed than their predecessors. The main guns were a French design firing a 127mm (5 inch) shell, which enabled them to use US ammunition.
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[edit] General Characteristics
[edit] Original design
- Displacement: 2750 tons standard, 3740 tons full load
- Length: 128.6 m
- Beam: 12.7 m
- Draught: 5.4 m
- Machinery: 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 63,000 hp
- Speed: 34 knots
- Range: 5000 nm at 18 knots
- Armament:
- 6 - 127mm guns (3 twin turrets)
- 6 - 57mm guns (3 twin turrets)
- 4 - 20mm guns (4x1)
- 12 - 550mm torpedo tubes (4x3)
- Crew: 347
[edit] AAW Modernisation
Four ships were modernised as anti air warfare guided missile destroyers in 1962-1995
- Armament: 1 Tartar Missile launcher
- 6 - 57 mm guns (3 twin turrets)
- 1 anti-submarine mortar
- Crew 277
[edit] Anti Submarine Modernisation
Five ships were modernised as anti submarine destroyers in 1968-1970
- Armament
- 2 - 100mm guns
- 1 - anti submarine mortar
- 1 - Malafon Anti submarine missile launcher
- 2 - 20mm guns
[edit] Ships
| Pennant | Name | Named after | Builder | Commissioned | Modernisation | Fate |
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| D621 | Surcouf | Robert Surcouf | Arsenal de Lorient | 1 November 1955 | None | Scrapped 1971 |
| D622 | Kersaint | Armand de Kersaint | Arsenal de Lorient | 20 March 1956 | Anti-air | Decommissioned 1983 |
| D623 | Cassard | Jacques Cassard | AC Bretagne | 14 April 1956 | none | Broken up 1974 |
| D624 | Bouvet | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | Arsenal de Lorient | 13 May 1956 | Anti-air | Decommissioned 1982 |
| D625 | Dupetit-Thouars | Aristide Aubert du Petit Thouars | Arsenal de Brest | 15 September 1956 | anti-air | Decommissioned 1988 |
| D626 | Chevalier Paul | Chevalier Paul | FC de la Geronde | 22 December 1956 | none | Decommissioned 1971 |
| D627 | Maillé-Brézé | Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé | Arsenal de Lorient | 4 May 1957 | anti-submarine | Museum ship 1988 |
| D628 | Vauquelin | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin | Arsenal de Lorient | 3 November 1956 | anti-submarine | Decommissioned 1986 |
| D629 | D'Estrées | Jean II d'Estrées and Victor Marie d'Estrées | Arsenal de Brest | 19 March 1957 | anti-submarine | Decommissioned 1985 |
| D630 | Du Chayla | Armand Blanquet du Chayla | Arsenal de Brest | 4 June 1957 | anti-air | Decommisioned 1991 |
| D631 | Casabianca | Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca | AC Bretagne | 4 May 1957 | anti-submarine | Decommissioned 1984 |
| D632 | Guépratte | Émile Paul Amable Guépratte. | FC de la Geronde | 6 June 1957 | anti-submarine | Decommissioned 1985 |
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
