french destroyer french destroyer ship class destroyers built french_navy 1920s initially assigned spent following decade training ship ship assigned convoy escort duties atlantic start world war september committed english channel began crippled german bombers artillery beach near sur 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 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 ordered february laid september shipyard launched september commissioned completed july entered service december completion delayed problems propulsion machinery late deliveries sub contractors formally completed participated baltic cruises cruise november december assigned 1st division renamed division squadron february based toulon completion sister ships april ship participated naval review president france following month ships escorted english channel state visit britain june ship present reviewed fleet july escorted light cruiser french west_africa january april depth charge throwers removed ship briefly assigned 9th application toulon october relieved assignment following year year later millimeter guns replaced twin mounts millimeter anti aircraft july sister 8th assigned brest april 8th redesignated 2nd sister jaguar joined september september longer 2nd assigned convoy escort duties october guarded convoys traveling french morocco sur november ship british type installed addition depth charge throwers gun removed depth charge reduced dozen depth charges improve stability reassigned 2nd unit tasked carry demolition teams northernmost french ports ship arrived evening smaller destroyers bombarded advancing german troops approached defenses sur 23rd night ship badly damaged bombs bombers shells german artillery beached sink
French destroyer Chacal