french destroyer french destroyer class destroyer built french_navy 1920s aside cruises spent entire career mediterranean_sea ship assigned remained world war began september assigned convoy escort duties atlantic refitted began surrender france month later reduced reserve germans attempted seize french fleet november ships scuttled captured virtually intact germans later turned renamed recommissioned early ship scuttled italy surrendered september scrapped war 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 december vacated sister ship jaguar launched october commissioned november completed january entered service month later completion delayed problems propulsion machinery late deliveries sub contractors ship assigned 1st division renamed division squadron february based toulon completion sisters jaguar april participated naval review president france ship present reviewed fleet july escorted light cruisers january april months later ship participated naval review commemorating centenary french landing algeria june depth charge throwers removed ship assigned 9th application toulon october years later millimeter guns replaced twin mounts millimeter anti aircraft war started september assigned 4th sisters assigned convoy escort duties october guarded convoys traveling french morocco sur october december depth charge throwers gun removed depth charge reduced dozen depth charges improve stability began refit toulon included addition forecastle forward fuel tank allow ship refuel sea removal mainmast favor platform twin gun mount light gun france surrendered june worked propeller shaft available shortly ship reduced reserve skeleton crew aboard anti aircraft guns transferred modern ships november ship captured intact germans occupied toulon turned italians december regia marina redesignated recommissioned january head agreed transfer january sailed taranto march italians transport italian waters ship notable mission transported italian premier august ship scuttled september following italian armistice broken war
French destroyer Panthère