French destroyer Gerfaut
Appearance
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History | |
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Name | Gerfaut |
Namesake | Gerfalcon |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes |
Launched | 14 June 1930 |
Completed | 30 January 1932 |
Fate | Scuttled , 27 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aigle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 128.5 m (421 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Crew | 10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime) |
Armament |
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Gerfaut was one of six Aigle-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.
After
the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon
, France, on 27 November 1942.
Notes
References
- Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent P. (2013). "Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2013. London: Conway. pp. 134–148. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
- 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.