Mogador class

Mogador class

Type ship Mogador (X 61)

Ship data country  France Ship type Large Destroyer Shipyard Arsenal de Lorient Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Construction period 1934 to 1939 Launch of the type ship July 9, 1937 Units built 2 period of service 1939 to November 27, 1942

Ship dimensions and crew length 137.5 m ( Lüa ) width 12.57 m Draft Max. 4.74 m displacement Standard : 2,950 ts maximum: 3,220 ts   crew 226-238 men

Machine system machine 4 × Indret boiler 2 × geared turbine Rateau-Bretagne SR Machine performance 92,000 PS (67,666 kW) Top speed 39 kn (72 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 8 × Sk 13.8 cm L / 50 model 1934 (4 × 2) 2 × Flak 3.7 cm L / 60 model 1925 (2 × 1) 4 × MG 13.2 mm model 1929 (2 × 2) 10 × torpedo tube ⌀ 55.0 cm (2 × 3) 32 depth charges , 2 launchers, 2 drop racks 40 sea ​​mines

The Mogador class was a ship class of two large destroyers ( French Contre-Torpilleurs) of the French Navy (French Marine nationale française) in World War II . It was the successor to the Le Fantasque class and the last major destroyer to be built in France. Both ships of the class sank in the self- sinking of the Vichy fleet .

Machine system

The Mogador class propulsion system consisted of four Indret boilers and two Rateau Bretagne SR geared turbines. These drove the two screws via two drive shafts. The machines performed 92,000 WPS . This should achieve a top speed of 39 knots (around 72 km / h). The Mogador reached 43.45 kn (around 80.47 km / h) in a test drive and was able to maintain its speed for an hour.

Armament

The main artillery of the Mogador class consisted of eight 13.8 cm L / 50 cannons of the 1934 model in twin turrets. This cannon could fire five to nine rounds per minute. As anti-aircraft armament, the Mogador class had two 3.7-cm anti-aircraft guns of the 1933 model in stand-alone installation and four 13-mm anti-aircraft guns as twin guns. As torpedo armament, the destroyers had eight torpedo tubes (two groups of three and two groups of two) for the 23DT Toulon torpedo . For anti-submarine defense, the Mogador- class had two depth charges at the stern with a total of 32 depth charges. There were also rails for 40 mines at the stern.

units

Surname	Shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Whereabouts
Mogador- class
Mogador	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient	December 28, 1934	June 9, 1937	April 8, 1939	Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet .
Volta	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes	December 24, 1934	November 26, 1936	March 6, 1939	Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet.

literature

• John Jordan: The Contre-Torpilleurs of the Mogador Class . Conway, London 2007 ISBN 1-84486-041-8 .
• 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 : Mogador class  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Information about the Mogador class at uboat.net (English).

Footnotes

1. ↑ 138 mm / 50 (5.46 ") Model 1934 gun data on navweaps.com. Accessed November 5, 2019. (English)
2. ↑ 23 DT, Toulon torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
3. ↑ Mine Mine data on navweaps.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.