French destroyer Kersaint

History
Half-sister Milan at anchor
France
Name:	Kersaint
Namesake:	Guy-François de Coëtnempren, comte de Kersaint
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class & type:	Vauquelin-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,120 t (3,070 long tons) (full load)
Length:	129.3 m (424 ft 2.6 in)
Beam:	11.8 m (38 ft 8.6 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5.2 in)
Installed power:	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	12 officers, 220 crewmen (wartime)
Armament:	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × triple, 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes for 16 depth charges 40 mines

The French destroyer Kersaint was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.

Notes

References

Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
Saibène, Marc (n.d.). Toulon et la Marine 1942-1944. Bourg en Bresse: Marines Editions at Realisations.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

Vauquelin-class destroyers

Vauquelin Cassard Maillé Brézé Kersaint Tartu Le Chevalier Paul

Preceded by: Aigle class Followed by: Le Fantasque class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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