T 53 class destroyer

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The Bouvet (D624), a T 47 class destroyer whoe lines are similar of the T53
Class overview
Builders: Arsenal de Brest, Arsenal de Lorient, FC de la Geronde, AC Bretagne
Operators: France
Preceded by: T47
Succeeded by: T56
Subclasses: Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit
In service: 1955
In commission: - 1988
Completed: 6
Retired: 6
General characteristics
Displacement: 2750 tons standard, 3740 tons full load
Length: 128.6 m
Beam: 12.7 m
Draught: 5.4 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 63,000 hp
Speed: 34 knots
Range: 5000 nm at 18 knots
Complement:

19 officers

328 men
Sensors and
processing systems:

DRBV31 surface sentry and navigation radar
2 DRBC30 fire control radars
DRBI10B altimetry radar
DRBV22A combined sentry radar
DUBV 1B sonar

DUBA 1B sonar
Armament:

6 - 127mm guns (3 twin turrets)
6 - 57mm guns (3 twin turrets)
2 - 20mm guns (4x1)
1 ASM Bofors rocket launcer

12 - 550mm torpedo tubes (4x3)

The T 53 class were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War 2. These ships were a modified versionof the T 47 class destroyers. The main difference with the preceding ships was the provision of improved air warning and tracking radars as well as an anti-submarine mortar. The ships were built between 1957 and 1958 and were decommissioned in the late 1970's or early 1980's. A single modified ship the La Galissonnière was build as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as type T56.

[edit] General characteristics

T53

  • 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)
    • 6 - 550mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
    • 1 Bofors anti-submarine mortar
  • Crew: 347

T56 (La Galissonnière )

  • Length - 132.8 m
  • Armament:
    • 2 - 100mm guns
    • 1- Malafon anti submarine missile launcher
    • 6 - 550mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
    • 1 - anti submarine mortar
    • 1 - Helicopter
Forbin visiting Bantry Bay, Ireland
Forbin visiting Bantry Bay, Ireland


[edit] Ships

Pennant Name Named after Builder Commissioned Fate
D633 Duperré Guy-Victor Duperré Arsenal de Lorient 8 October 1957 Trials ship 1967 - Decommissioned 1992
D634 La Bourdonnais Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais Arsenal de Brest 3 March 1958 Decommissioned 1976
D635 Forbin Claude de Forbin Arsenal de Brest 1 February 1958 Decommissioned 1981
D636 Tartu AC Bretagne 5 February 1958 Decommissioned 1979
D637 Jauréguiberry Bernard Jauréguiberry FC de la Gironde 15 July 1958 Decommissioned 1977, sunk as a target ship
D638 La Galissonnière Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière Arsenalde Lorient 11 July 1962 Decommissioned 1990

[edit] References

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
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