French destroyer Foudroyant (1929)

History
France
Name	Foudroyant
Ordered	21 April 1927
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Launched	14 April 1929
Completed	10 October 1930
In service	24 October 1930
Fate	Sunk, 1 June 1940
General characteristics
Class & type	L'Adroit-class destroyer
Displacement	1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	3 du Temple boilers; 31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns; 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes and 2 throwers for 22 depth charges;

The French destroyer Foudroyant was one of 14 L'Adroit-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

History

France
Name	Foudroyant
Ordered	21 April 1927
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Launched	14 April 1929
Completed	10 October 1930
In service	24 October 1930
Fate	Sunk, 1 June 1940
General characteristics
Class & type	L'Adroit-class destroyer
Displacement	1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	3 du Temple boilers 31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes and 2 throwers for 22 depth charges