French destroyer Valmy
 Sister ship Guépard at anchor
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| History | |
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| Name | Valmy |
| Namesake | Battle of Valmy |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët |
| Launched | 19 May 1928 |
| Fate | Scuttled , 27 November 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Guépard-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| 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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Valmy was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
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.
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