Vauquelin class

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Vauquelin- class
Type ship Vauquelin (1934)
Type ship Vauquelin (1934)
Ship data
country FranceFrance (national flag of the sea) France
Ship type Large Destroyer
Construction period 1930 to 1934
Launch of the type ship September 29, 1931
Units built 6th
period of service 1932 to 1942
Ship dimensions and crew
length
129.3 m ( Lüa )
width 11.8 m
Draft Max. 4.97 m
displacement Standard : 2,441 ts
maximum: 3,120 ts
 
crew 236 men
Machine system
machine 4 × Penhoët boiler,
2 × Parsons turbine
Machine
performance 		64,000 PS (47,072 kW)
Top
speed 		36 kn (67 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament

The Vauquelin 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 Aigle class and predecessor to the Le Fantasque class . All ships in the class were lost during World War II.

construction

The construction of the Vauquelin- class was almost identical to that of its predecessor, the Aigle- class. The stern was modified to be able to lay mines , and the torpedo armament was expanded from 2 × 3 torpedo tubes to 1 × 3 and 2 × 2 tubes. Duralumin was used for structural components . This made the construction very susceptible to corrosion.

Machine system

The Vauquelin class propulsion system 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 Vauquelin class consisted of five 13.86 cm L / 40 guns of the 1927 model in a stand-alone configuration. This cannon could fire a 40.4 kilogram grenade over a maximum distance of 19,000 m. As anti-aircraft armament, the Vauquelin class had four 3.7 cm L / 60 anti-aircraft guns of the 1925 model in a stand-alone configuration and four 13.2 mm / 76 Hotchkiss M1929 machine guns in a double configuration. As torpedo armament, the destroyers had seven torpedo tubes in a group of three and two groups of two for the torpedo 23DT Toulon . For antisubmarine warfare possessed Vauquelin -Klass two water bombers at the tail with a total of 36 depth charges and there was a possibility of up to 40 sea mines resume.

units

Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Whereabouts
Vauquelin- class
Vauquelin (named after Jean Vauquelin ) Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk October 8, 1928 February 19, 1931 October 10, 1932 Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet , the wreck was demolished on site in 1951.
Kersaint (named after Guy François de Kersaint ) Chantiers Navals Français, Caen
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire 		September 19, 1930 November 14, 1931 December 31, 1933 Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet, the wreck was demolished on site in 1950.
Cassard (named after Jacques Cassard ) Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes November 12, 1930 November 8, 1931 September 10, 1933 Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet, the wreck was demolished on site in 1950.
Tartu (named after Jean-François Tartu ) Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire September 14, 1930 December 7, 1931 December 31, 1932 Sunk on November 27, 1942 in Toulon during the self-sinking of the Vichy fleet, the wreck was demolished on site in 1956.
Maillé Brézé (named after Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé ) October 9, 1930 November 9, 1931 April 6, 1933 On April 30, 1940, there was an accident on board in the port of Greenock . A torpedo exploded on deck and the ship sank in port. On August 4, 1954, it was lifted, towed to Port Glasgow and demolished there.
Le Chevalier Paul (named after Jean-Paul de Saumeur ) Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée , La Seyne-sur-Mer February 28, 1931 March 21, 1932 June 20, 1934 On June 15, 1941, the Le Chevalier Paul was sunk off the Syrian coast by a torpedo from a Fairey Swordfish of the 815 Naval Air Squadron.

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 .

Web links

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 138.6 mm / 40 (5.46 ") Model 1927 gun data from navweaps.com. Accessed October 22, 2019. (English)
  2. ↑ 23 DT, Toulon torpedo data on navweaps.com. Retrieved October 22, 2019.