T 53-class destroyer
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The T 53 class were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War II. These ships were a modified version of the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s. The main difference with the preceding ships was the provision of improved air warning and tracking radars as well as an anti-submarine mortar. The ships were built between 1957 and 1958 and were decommissioned in the late 1970s or early 1980s. A single modified ship La Galissonnière was built as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as the T 56 class.
Modifications
In 1972–73 two of the class were substantially modified:
- Duperré was completely rearmed with a Model 1968 Script error: No such module "convert". main gun, four Exocet MM38 missiles, two quadruple L5 torpedo launchers, and two 20 mm AA cannon. She was also fitted with a helipad to carry a Lynx WG13 helicopter.[1]
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La Galissonnière
La Galissonnière differed slightly in specification from the rest of the class as she was built specifically to test the Malafon anti-submarine missile.[3]
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- 2 × Model 1953 Script error: No such module "convert". guns (2×1)
- 1 × Malafon anti-submarine missile launcher (13 missiles)
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- 2 × 20 mm AA cannon
- 1 × Alouette II or Alouette III helicopter
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Ships
| Pennant | Name | Named after | Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
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| D633 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[4] | Guy-Victor Duperré | Arsenal de Lorient | 8 October 1957 | Trials ship for Cormoran I sonar, 1967–71 Rearmed 1972 Decommissioned 1 June 1992. As of 2012 at Landévennec awaiting demolition. |
| D634 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[5] | Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais | Arsenal de Brest | 3 March 1958 | Decommissioned July 1976 Sunk by an Exocet SM39 from the submarine Ouessant, May 1992 |
| D635 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] | Claude de Forbin | Arsenal de Brest | 1 February 1958 | Converted to helicopter training ship, 1973 Decommissioned 1 June 1981 Sunk as a target off Brest, 17 May 1999 |
| D636 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[7] | Jean-François Tartu | AC Bretagne | 5 February 1958 | Decommissioned December 1979 Sunk, 80 miles off Lorient, 9 December 1998 |
| D637 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8] | Bernard Jauréguiberry | FC de la Gironde | 15 July 1958 | Decommissioned 16 September 1977 Sunk by Exocet MM40 missile off the Île du Levant, 30 May 1986 |
| D638 | Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[9] | Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière | Arsenal de Lorient | 11 July 1962 | Decommissioned 20 April 1990 Scrapped in Ghent, Belgium in 2015. |
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
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