Chacal class

*Chacal* class
	Typschiff Chacal (1936–37)
Ship data
country	France Italy Free France; ;
Ship type	Large Destroyer
Construction period	1922 to 1927
Launch of the type ship	September 24, 1924
Units built	6th
period of service	1926 to 1954
Ship dimensions and crew
length	127 m ( Lüa )
width	11.2 m
Draft	Max. 365 m
displacement	Standard : 2,126 ts; maximum: 3,098 ts
crew	204 men
Machine system
machine	5 steam boilers; 2 × steam turbines
Machine ; performance	55,000 PS (40,452 kW)
Top ; speed	35.5 kn (66 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	5 × Sk 13.0 cm (5 × 1); 2 × Flak 3.7 cm (2 × 1); 6 × torpedo tube ⌀ 55.0 cm (2 × 3); 44 depth charges , ; 4 launchers, 2 dropping racks;

The Chacal class was a class of six large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) in the French Navy . Together with the lighter and slower destroyers of the Bourrasque class, the ships were part of a modernization program of the French Navy after the First World War . The six ships were built between 1922 and 1927. Five class destroyers were sunk in World War II . The warships were named after land predators.

Most of the time, ship classes are named after the ship that is launched first or, less often, after the ship that is first put into service. The first ship of the class to be launched was the Jaguar . The first ship of the class to be put into service was the Tigre . In almost all documents and sources on this class, however, it is called the Chacal class. Only in a few cases is the class referred to as the Jaguar class or the Tigre class.

units

Surname	Shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Whereabouts
Chacal class
Chacal (German: jackal )	At & Ch de St Nazaire Panhoet, Saint-Nazaire	August 16, 1923	September 24, 1924	June 12, 1926	The Chacal was sunk by German planes on May 24, 1940 off Boulogne-sur-Mer . The wreck lies in only two meters depth in position 50 ° 47 '58 " N , 1 ° 35' 44" O . 50.799444444444 1.5955555555556
Léopard (German: Leopard )		August 1, 1923	September 20, 1924	October 10, 1927	The Léopard was captured by the Royal Navy on July 3, 1940 in Portsmouth as part of Operation Grasp and handed over to the Free French Navy on August 31, 1940 . The warship ran aground on May 27, 1943 north of Benghazi . The wreck was destroyed on June 19, 1943.
Lynx (German: Luchs )		January 14, 1923	February 24, 1925	October 10, 1927	The Lynx was after the German invasion in southern France (so-called Free Zone scuttled) on 27 November 1942 together with the remains of the Vichy French navy to help prevent a German access. The wreck was lifted and scrapped by the Germans on January 22nd, 1944.
Jaguar (German: Jaguar )	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient	August 22, 1922	November 7, 1923	July 24, 1926	The Jaguar was torpedoed and sunk on May 23, 1940 by the German torpedo boats S 21 and S 23 . 13 sailors were killed and 23 wounded. The wreck lies in eight meters deep at position 51 ° 3 '26 " N , 2 ° 22' 12" O . 51.057222222222 2.37
Panthère (German: Panther )	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient	December 23, 1922	October 28, 1924	October 10, 1927	The Panthère was sunk on September 9, 1943 in La Spezia in service of the Regia Marina .
Tigre (German: Tiger )	AC de Bretagne, Nantes	September 15, 1923	August 2, 1924	February 1, 1926	The Tigre was self-sunk in Toulon on November 27th. The Italian Navy lifted the wreck and repaired it. After the capitulation of Italy , the destroyer was handed over to the Free French Navy on October 28, 1943. The Tigre was decommissioned on January 4, 1954.

literature

MJ Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . 2nd Edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01426-2
Roger Chesneau: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 . Conway Maritime Press, 2010, ISBN 0-85177-146-7 .
John Jordan, Jean Moulin: French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956 . Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4 .

Web links

Commons : Chacal class - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Information about the Chacal class at uboat.net (English).