Guépard class

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Guépard class
Typ ship Guépard 1942
Typ ship Guépard 1942
Ship data
country FranceFrance (national flag of the sea) France Italy German Empire
ItalyItaly (naval war flag) 
German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) 
Ship type Large Destroyer
Construction period 1927 to 1930
Launch of the type ship April 19, 1928
Units built 6th
period of service August 13, 1929 to 1945
Ship dimensions and crew
length
130.2 m ( Lüa )
123.1 m ( Lpp )
width 11.76 m
Draft Max. 4.68 m
displacement Standard : 2,436 ts
maximum: 3,220 ts
 
crew 224-236 men
Machine system
machine 4 × Penhoët boiler,
2 × Parsons turbine
Machine
performance
73,738 hp (54,234 kW)
Top
speed
38.46 kn (71 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 5 × Sk 13.86 cm L / 40 model 1923 (5 × 1)
  • 4 × Flak 3.7 cm L / 60 model 1925 (4 × 1)
  • 6 × torpedo tube ⌀ 55.0 cm (2 × 3)
  • 28 depth charges ,
    4 launchers, 2 drop racks

The Guépard class was a class of six large destroyers ( French Contre-Torpilleurs) of the French Navy ( French Marine nationale française) in World War II . It was the successor to the Chacal class and predecessor to the Aigle class . All ships in the class were lost during World War II.

Machine system

The Guépard class propulsion system consisted of four Penhoët boilers and two Parsons turbines . These drove the two screws via two drive shafts. The machines made 73,738 WPS . This enabled a maximum speed of 38.46 kn (about 71 km / h) to be achieved with a displacement of 2,600 ts.

Armament

The main artillery of the Guépard class consisted of five 13.86 cm L / 40 guns of the 1923 model in a stand-alone configuration. This cannon could fire a 40.4 kilogram grenade over a maximum distance of 19,000 m. When they were put into service, the destroyers had four 3.7 cm L / 60 anti-aircraft guns of the 1925 model in stand-alone form as anti-aircraft armament. These were located to the left and right of the aft chimney. As torpedo armament, the Guépard class had six torpedo tubes in two groups of three for the 23DT Toulon torpedo .

units

Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Whereabouts
Guépard class
Guépard Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient March 14, 1927 April 19, 1928 August 13, 1929 Self-sunk in Toulon on November 27, 1942, lifted by Italy in early September 1943, sunk again by air raid on March 11, 1944, lifted and scrapped in 1947.
bison March 14, 1927 October 29, 1928 October 10, 1930 Sunk on May 3, 1940 off Namsos by planes of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (I./StG 1).
Lion Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk August 6, 1928 August 5, 1929 January 21, 1931 Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon, lifted by Italy in 1943 and on duty as FR 21 in the Regia Marina , sunk again on September 9, 1943.
Vauban May 22, 1927 February 1, 1930 January 9, 1931 Sunk in Toulon on November 27, 1942, lifted and scrapped on May 12, 1947.
Valmy Ateliers et Chantiers de St Nazaire-Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire May 5, 1927 May 19, 1928 January 1, 1930 Self-sunk in Toulon on November 27, 1942, lifted by Italy in 1943 and in service as FR 24 in the Regia Marina, sunk again in La Spezia on September 9, 1943 , lifted by the Navy and put into service, sunk in Genoa in 1945 .
Verdun August 10, 1927 4th July 1928 April 1, 1930 Sunk in Toulon on November 27, 1942, lifted in September 1943, but no longer repaired.

literature

  • Jean Moulin: Les contre-torpilleurs type Guépard 1928–1942 . Marines Éditions 2010, ISBN 2-357-43049-4 .
  • 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 .

Web links

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

Footnotes

  1. 138.6 mm / 40 (5.46 ") Model 1923 gun data from navweaps.com. Accessed October 23, 2019. (English)
  2. 23 DT, Toulon torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.