French destroyer Foudroyant (1929)
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France | |
Name | Foudroyant |
Ordered | 21 April 1927 |
Builder | Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux |
Launched | 14 April 1929 |
Completed | 10 October 1930 |
In service | 24 October 1930 |
Fate | Sunk, 1 June 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | L'Adroit-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 107.2 m (351 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Crew | 9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime) |
Armament |
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The French destroyer Foudroyant was one of 14 L'Adroit-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
Design and description
The L'Adroit class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the preceding
The main armament of the L'Adroit-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924 guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of a pair of Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925 guns. The ships carried two above-water triple sets of 550-millimeter (21.7 in) torpedo tubes. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern; these housed a total of sixteen 200-kilogram (440 lb) depth charges. In addition two depth charge throwers were fitted for which six 100-kilogram (220 lb) depth charges were carried.[2]
Construction and career
Foudroyant was laid down on 28 July 1927, launched on 24 April 1929 and commissioned on 10 October 1930. She was sunk on 1 June 1940 off Dunkirk by German aircraft, whilst assisting in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Wreck located at: 51°4.922′N 2°15.511′E / 51.082033°N 2.258517°E.[3]
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.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- "The Foudroyant Wreck". Wannasurf.com ltd. Retrieved 11 August 2016.