French cruiser Châteaurenault (D 606)
Chateaurenault, the former Attilio Regolo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
| Name | Attilio Regolo |
| Ordered | 1937 |
| Builder | O.T.O., Livorno |
| Laid down | 28 September 1939 |
| Launched | 28 August 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1942 |
| Fate | Ceded to France as war reparations, 1947 |
| History | |
| France | |
| Name | Chateaurenault |
| Namesake | François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault |
| Commissioned | 1948 |
| Decommissioned | 1961 |
| Stricken | 1975 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 142.2 m (466 ft 6 in) overall |
| Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
| Range | 4,350 nmi (8,060 km; 5,010 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 418 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Gufo radar |
| Armament |
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Chateaurenault (D 606) was a French Capitani Romani-class light cruiser, acquired as war reparations from Italy in 1947 which served in the French Navy from 1948 to 1961. She was named in honour of François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault. In Italian service, the ship was named Attilio Regolo after Marcus Atilius Regulus the Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC.