Guépard-class destroyer

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The Guépard class consisted of six destroyers (Script error: No such module "Lang".) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. The class saw action in World War II, none surviving the war. Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was sunk during the Norwegian campaign in May 1940 by German dive bombers, while the surviving ships joined the Vichy French Navy after France surrendered to the Axis in June after losing the Battle of France. They were scuttled in November 1942 when the Germans attempted to seize the French fleet.

Design and description

The Guépard-class ships were improved versions of the preceding Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. They had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert".,[1] and a draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at standard load[2] and Script error: No such module "convert". at deep load. They had a metacentric height of Template:Cvt and their hull was divided by a 11 transverse bulkheads into a dozen watertight compartments. Their crew consisted of 10 officers and 200 crewmen in peacetime and 102 officers and 224 enlisted men in wartime.[3]

The ships were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one Script error: No such module "convert". propeller using steam provided by four du Temple boilers that operated at a pressure of Script error: No such module "convert". and a temperature of Script error: No such module "convert".. The turbines were designed to produce Script error: No such module "convert". which was intended give the ships a speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. They comfortably exceeded their designed speed; the fastest of the ships, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., reached a speed of Script error: No such module "convert". from Template:Cvt during her sea trials. The GuépardTemplate:'s carried Template:Cvt of fuel oil which gave them a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]

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Ships

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Built by Arsenal de Lorient.
Completed 10 October 1930.
She was sunk by German Junkers Ju 87 Stukas while taking part in the evacuation of Namsos, on 3 May 1940, off Trondheim. Out of 229 members on the crew, 136 were lost.[7] Survivors from Bison were picked up by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., which was then also sunk by the Stukas.
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Built by Arsenal de Lorient.
Completed 13 August 1929,
Scuttled 27 November 1942.
Refloated 4 September 1943.
Bombed and sunk March 1944.
Refloated 1947 and broken up.
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Built by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk.
Completed 21 January 1931.
Seized by Germans 27 November 1942.
Given to Italy and entered service as FR 21.
Scuttled La Spezia 9 September 1943.
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Built by Ateliers et Chantiers de St Nazaire-Penhoët, St. Nazaire
Completed 1 January 1930.
Seized by Germans 27 November 1942.
Refloated 15 March 1943 and began refit as Italian Navy FR 24
Captured by Germans at Savona September 1943
Wreck found at Genoa 1945 and broken up.
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Built by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire.
Completed 1 April 1930.
Scuttled 27 November 1942.
Refloated 29 September 1943.
Bombed and sunk 1944
Refloated 1948 and broken up in Italy.
Built by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk.
Completed 9 January 1931.
Scuttled 27 November 1942.
Refloated 12 May 1947 and broken up.

Notes

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  1. ↑ Jordan & Moulin 2015, p. 79
  2. ↑ Roberts, p. 267
  3. ↑ Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 79, 94
  4. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 79–83
  5. ↑ Jordan & Moulin 2015, pp. 79, 84–89
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