French destroyer Mogador

Mogador
History
France
Name:	Mogador
Namesake:	Mogador
Builder:	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down:	28 December 1934
Launched:	9 June 1937
Commissioned:	8 April 1939
Fate:	Scuttled at La Seyne-sur-Mer, 27 November 1942, scrapped 1949
General characteristics
Class and type:	Mogador-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,997 tonnes (2,950 long tons; 3,304 short tons) (Standard) 4,018 tonnes (3,955 long tons; 4,429 short tons) (Deep load)
Length:	137.5 m (451 ft 1 in)
Beam:	12.57 m (41 ft 3 in)
Draft:	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	92,000 shp (69,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 4 Indret boilers
Speed:	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Range:	4,345 nmi (8,047 km; 5,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 1,780 nmi (3,300 km; 2,050 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement:	12 officers, 226 men
Armament:	4 × 2 - 138 mm (5.4 in) Mle 1934 guns 2 × 1 - 37 mm (1.5 in) Mle 1933 AA guns 2 × 2 - 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Mle 1929 AA guns 2 × 3, 2 × 2 - 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes 32 depth charges and up to 40 mines

Mogador was the lead ship of the French Navy's Mogador class of destroyers (French: contre-torpilleur). Named for the Moroccan town, she was built before the outbreak of World War II. The ship was heavily damaged during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but was later repaired and sailed to Toulon. She was scuttled in Toulon Harbor when the Germans tried to seize her, along with the rest of the fleet, on 27 November 1942.

She was the last contre-torpilleur built by the French Navy, a not entirely successful attempt to build a ship capable of out-fighting every other ship below her tonnage. "In technological terms Mogador and Volta were ships with the armament of a light cruiser in the hull of destroyer; the contre-torpilleur as a type had been pushed past the limits of its capabilities."

Mogador had an overall length of 137.5 meters (451 ft 1 in), a beam of 12.57 meters (41 ft 3 in), and a maximum draft of 4.74 meters (15 ft 7 in). She displaced 2,997 metric tons (2,950 long tons) at standard load and 4,018 metric tons (3,955 long tons) at deep load. The Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines were designed to produce 92,000 shaft horsepower (68,604 kW), which would propel the ship at 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph). However, during sea trials in March 1938, Mogador's turbines provided 118,320 shp (88,230 kW) and she reached 43.45 knots (80.47 km/h; 50.00 mph) for a single hour. The ship carried 360 metric tons (354 long tons) of fuel oil at normal load and an additional 350 metric tons (340 long tons) at deep load.

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