French destroyer La Palme

History
France
Name	La Palme
Ordered	21 November 1924
Builder	Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes
Laid down	30 June 1926
Launched	10 July 1927
Completed	6 February 1928
Fate	Scuttled 27 November 1942
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 La Palme was one of 14 L'Adroit-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

History

France
Name	La Palme
Ordered	21 November 1924
Builder	Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes
Laid down	30 June 1926
Launched	10 July 1927
Completed	6 February 1928
Fate	Scuttled 27 November 1942
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