The drive system of the Aigle class consisted of four Penhoët boilers and two Parsons turbines . These drove the two screws via two drive shafts. The machines performed 64,000 WPS . This enabled a top speed of 36 kn (about 67 km / h) to be achieved.
Armament
The main artillery of the Aigle class consisted of five 13.86 cm L / 40 guns of the 1927 model in single installation. This cannon could fire a 40.4 kilogram grenade over a maximum distance of 19,000 m. As anti-aircraft armament, the Aigle- class had four 3.7 cm L / 60 anti-aircraft guns of the 1925 model when it was commissioned. As torpedo armament, the destroyers had six torpedo tubes in two groups of three for the torpedo 23DT Toulon . For submarine defense possessed Aigle -Klass four water bombers at the tail with a total of 44 depth charges.
Self-sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon, lifted from Italy on July 10, 1943, sunk again by air raid on November 24, 1944, the wreck was cannibalized and demolished.
Stranded near Casablanca on November 8, 1942, badly damaged, recovered after the war, repaired and put back into service. Decommissioned and canceled on September 9, 1959.
During the naval battle of Casablanca on November 8, 1942, the Milan was attacked by the destroyer Wilkes and badly damaged. The Milan ran aground on the beach and was written off as a total loss.
On November 9, 1942, the Épervier was attacked by the light cruiser Aurora near Oran and badly damaged. The Épervier ran aground and was written off as a total loss.
literature
Roger Chesneau: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 . Conway Maritime Press, 2010, ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
Mike J. Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 .
John Jordan, Jean Moulin: French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956 . Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4 .