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French destroyer Ouragan

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Ouragan
History
France
Name: Ouragan
Namesake: Hurricane
Ordered: 13 March 1923
Builder: Chantiers Navals Français, Caen
Laid down: 7 September 1923
Launched: 6 December 1924
Completed: 19 January 1927
Decommissioned: 3 July 1940
In service: 15 September 1927
Fate: Loaned to Poland
Poland
Name: Ouragan
Commissioned: 17 July 1940
Decommissioned: 30 April 1941
Fate: Returned to the Free French, 30 April 1941
Free France
Name: Ouragan
Commissioned: 30 April 1941
Decommissioned: 1943
Fate: Scrapped, 1949
General characteristics
Class and type: Bourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length: 105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam: 9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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:

Ouragan (French: "hurricane") was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

The Bourrasque class had an overall length of 105.6 meters (346 ft 5 in), a beam of 9.7 meters (31 ft 10 in), and a draft of 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in). The ships displaced 1,320 metric tons (1,300 long tons) at standard load and 1,825 metric tons (1,796 long tons) at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 31,000 metric horsepower (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp), which would propel the ship at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ships carried 360 metric tons (354 long tons) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

The main armament of the Bourrasque-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1919 guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of a single Canon de 75 mm Modèle 1924 gun. 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.


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