French destroyer Vauban
Vauban in 1937 | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Vauban |
| Namesake | Marshal of France Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de France |
| Launched | 1 February 1930 |
| Completed | 9 January 1931 |
| Fate | |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Crew | 12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime) |
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Vauban was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Completed in 1931, she participated in World War II. After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, the ship served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942. Her wreck was salvaged in 1947 and subsequently scrapped.