French destroyer Vauban
Sister ship Guépard at anchor | |
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France | |
Name: | Vauban |
Namesake: | Marshal of France Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban |
Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers de France |
Fate: | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class & type: | Guépard-class destroyer |
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Length: | 130.2 m (427 ft 2.0 in) |
Beam: | 11.5 m (37 ft 8.8 in) |
Draft: | 4.3 m (14 ft 1.3 in) |
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Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
Crew: | 12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime) |
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The French destroyer Vauban was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
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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.
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