Guépard-class destroyer
Guépard-class destroyer | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Guépard class |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Chacal class |
| Succeeded by | Aigle class |
| Built | 1927–1931 |
| In commission | 1929–1945 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 6 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| 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) |
| Installed power |
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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) |
| Armament |
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The Guépard class consisted of six destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. The class saw action in World War II, none surviving the war. Bison was sunk during the Norwegian campaign in May 1940 by German dive bombers, while the surviving ships joined the Vichy French Navy after France surrendered to the Axis in June after losing the Battle of France. They were scuttled in November 1942 when the Germans attempted to seize the French fleet.