Vauquelin-class destroyer

Kersaint
Class overview
Name:	Vauquelin class
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Aigle class
Succeeded by:	Le Fantasque class
Completed:	6
Lost:	6
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,441 long tons (2,480 t)
Length:	129 m (423 ft 3 in)
Beam:	11.84 m (38 ft 10 in)
Draught:	4.97 m (16 ft 4 in) max
Propulsion:	Geared turbines, 4 boilers, 64,000 shp (47,725 kW)
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	220 officers and men
Armament:	5 × 138 mm (5.4 in) Model 1927 guns 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns 7 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (1x3, 2x2) 2 x depth charge racks (16 depth charges) 50 x mines

The Vauquelin-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French Navy were laid down in 1930 and commissioned in 1931. They were very similar to the previous Aigle class, the only differences being a single extra torpedo tube and the ability to carry naval mines. The class saw action in World War II.

Maillé Brézé was lost on 30 April 1940 after a torpedo accident at Greenock, Scotland, killing 25 of her crew (sabotage was suspected at the time). Chevalier Paul was sunk off the coast of Syria on 16 June 1941 by British torpedo bombers. Vauquelin, Cassard, Kersaint and Tartu were all scuttled in Toulon Harbour on 27 November 1942 to prevent their capture by Germany; these ships were too badly damaged to be salvaged.

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