french destroyer french destroyer class destroyer built french_navy 1920s regarded obsolete training ship torpedo school toulon year assigned convoy escort duties atlantic start world war september july ship present british attacked french ships managed escape damage reached toulon placed reserve remained years november scuttled toulon germans attempted capture french ships wreck salvaged broken design description class ships designed counter large italian class destroyers overall length meters beam meters draft meters ships displaced metric tons long tons standard metric tons long tons deep load powered geared steam turbines driving propeller shaft steam provided temple boilers turbines designed produce metric horsepower shp propel ship knots mph sea trials april turbines provided metric horsepower shp reached knots mph single hour ships carried metric tons long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph crew consisted officers crewmen peacetime officers enlisted men wartime main armament class ships consisted canon modèle guns single mounts superfiring pair fore aft superstructure fifth gun aft funnel guns numbered rear anti aircraft armament consisted canon modèle guns single mounts positioned amidships ships carried water triple sets millimeter torpedo tubes pair depth charge built stern housed total kilogram depth charges fitted depth charge throwers carried dozen kilogram depth charges construction career named eponymous ordered february laid saint shipyard january launched february completed october entered service november completion delayed problems propulsion machinery late deliveries sub contractors ship assigned division 2nd squadron based brest completion sister ships jaguar july participated naval review president france depth charge throwers removed year ship present fleet reviewed new president france july years later millimeter guns replaced twin mounts millimeter anti aircraft ship assigned 11th application toulon regarded obsolete war started september belonged 4th division sisters assigned convoy escort duties october guarded convoys traveling french morocco sur january ship british type installed months later depth charge throwers gun removed depth charge reduced dozen depth charges improve stability transferred french algeria june france surrendered ship managed escape harbor british attack july sister briefly engaged destroyer sisters depth charged submarine french ships headed toulon arrived following day oldest french service sisters reduced reserve stripped light anti aircraft armament november scuttled toulon rest french fleet prevent capture germans refloated january beached adjacent port wreck raised broken
French destroyer Lynx