French destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627)

Maillé-Brézé at Nantes in 2022
History
France
NameMaillé-Brézé
NamesakeJean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
Laid downFebruary 1951
LaunchedOctober 1953
Commissioned4 May 1957
Decommissioned1988
IdentificationD627
FateMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class & typeT 47-class destroyer
Displacement
Length128.6 m (422 ft)
Beam12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught5.4 m (18 ft)
Installed power
  • 4 boilers
  • 63,000 shp (47,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement347
Armament
  • 3 × twin 127 mm (5 in) guns
  • 3 × twin 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
  • 4 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) guns
  • 4 × triple 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes

Maillé-Brézé is a T 47-class destroyer (escorteur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1950s. She is now a museum ship in Nantes.

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