Tigre (ship, 1924)

Tigre

Model of the Tigre , exhibited in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris

Ship data flag  France Italy Free France     other ship names FRI 23 Ship type Large Destroyer class Chacal class Shipyard Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes Keel laying September 15, 1923 Launch August 2, 1924 Commissioning February 1, 1926 Whereabouts Deleted in 1954 and canceled in 1955

Ship dimensions and crew length 127 m ( Lüa ) width 11.2 m Draft Max. 3.65 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 L / 40 Model 1919 (5 × 1) 2 × Flak 7.5 cm Model 1924 (2 × 1) 4 × MG 13.2 mm / 76 Hotchkiss M1929 (2 × 2) 6 × torpedo tube ⌀ 55.0 cm (2 × 3) 44 depth charges , 6 launchers, 3 drop racks

The Tigre (German: Tiger ) was a large destroyer of the Chacal class for the French Navy . The ship survived the Second World War as the only unit in its class . It was struck from the list of warships in 1954 and canceled in 1955.

Machine system

The Tigre's drive system consisted of five steam boilers and two steam turbines . These drove the two screws via two drive shafts. The machines performed 55,000 WPS . This enabled a speed of 35.5 kn (about 66 km / h) to be achieved.

Armament

The main artillery of the Tigre consisted of five artillery pieces 13.0 cm L / 40 Model 1919 in single installation. This cannon could fire a 34.85 kilogram shell over a maximum distance of 18,900 m.

As anti-aircraft armament, the Tigre had four 7.5 cm anti-aircraft guns of the 1924 model in individual installation when it was commissioned. These were located on the left and right amidships. Since the Chacal class top-heavy was 1932 both guns were to machine guns of the type 13.2 mm / 76 Hotchkiss M1929 replaced. These were mounted in two twin mounts.

As a torpedo armament, the Tigre had six torpedo tubes in two groups of three for the torpedo Mle 1919D. In addition, the ship had two water bombers at the tail for 20 Guiraud-Mle-1922-200 kg depth charges and amidships left and right two each depth charge launchers for 12-Guiraud Mle-1922-100 kg depth charges. The launchers on the left and right were removed in 1932 due to their unfavorable positioning. The space was supposed to be used for Ginocchio towed torpedoes. The project was discontinued in 1938.

Whereabouts

The Tigre remained in the navy of Vichy France after the surrender of France , but was transferred to the reserve due to its age and laid up in Toulon. When the Vichy fleet sank on November 27, 1942, the Tigre was one of the few ships that could be captured almost undamaged. The Regia Marina took over the ship in 1943 and put it back into service as FR 23 . However, repairs and conversions were necessary on the ship, so that it was still in the dock at the armistice of Cassibile and the subsequent Italian surrender. The Navy of Free France took over the Tigre and completed repairs by the spring of 1944. It remained in service until it was removed from the fleet list in 1954. The Tigre was canceled in 1955.

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. Technology, classes, types . 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 : Tigre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the Tigre at uboat.net (English).

Footnotes

1. ↑ 130 mm / 40 (5.1 ") Model 1919 gun data on navweaps.com. Accessed October 22, 2019. (English)
2. ↑ French torpedoes torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.