French destroyer Tempête

Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
NameTempête
NamesakeTempest
Ordered5 March 1923
BuilderChantiers Dubigeon Nantes
Laid down3 December 1923
Launched21 February 1925
Completed28 September 1926
Commissioned20 July 1926
In serviceSeptember 1926
FateScrapped 1950
General characteristics
Class & typeBourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament

Tempête was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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