- Fantasque class destroyer
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FantasqueClass overview Name: Malin or Fantasque Preceded by: Vauquelin class destroyer Succeeded by: Mogador class destroyer Completed: 6 General characteristics Type: Destroyer Displacement: 2,569 tons (standard)
3200 to 3400 tons (full load)Length: 132.40 m Beam: 11.98 m Draught: 4.30 m Propulsion: 4 Penhoët boilers
2 Parsons or Rateau engines
geared turbines, 2 shafts
74,000 to 81,000 shpSpeed: 45 knots (40 nominal)
37 knots after refitRange: 1,200 km at 34 knots
6,600 km at 17 knotsComplement: 10 officers
210 sailorsArmament: 5 x 138 mm (5.43 inch) guns (5x1; 2 forward, 3 aft)
4 x 37 mm AA guns (4x1) (original)
4 x 13 mm AA machine guns (original)
8 x 40 mm AA Bofors guns (after refit)
10 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns (after refit)
9 x 550 mm torpedo tubes (3x3)
40 mines (some sources state 50)Notes: Ships in class include: Fantasque — Malin — Terrible — Indomptable — Audacieux — Triomphant The Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers (also referred to as the Malin class) was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces.
The original purpose of these large French destroyers, and the earlier Chacal class, was to operate with battleship and cruiser forces, although they were not restricted to this. The Italian navy, the Regia Marina, reacted by building the Capitani Romani class cruisers. Those ships that sailed with the Allies were classed as light cruisers.
There were six ships in the class:
- Fantasque (10, X101, X103, D610)
- Malin (9, 8, X82, X102, X02, D612), launched 17 August 1933, effectively destroyed at Casablanca, scrapped February 1964
- Terrible (12, 11, 12, X103, X101, D611), launched 30 November 1933, scrapped June 1962
- Indomptable (15, 7, X81), launched 7 December 1933, scuttled Toulon 27 November 1942
- Audacieux (11, 12, 11, X102), launched 15 March 1934, severely damaged at the Battle of Dakar, repaired, sunk 7 May 1943 at Bizerte by Allied bombing
- Triomphant (8, 9, X83, H02, X104, X04, D613), launched 16 April 1934, stricken December 1954
Fantasque class destroyer Fantasque — Malin — Terrible — Indomptable — Audacieux — Triomphant
List of ships of the FNFL
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S - Single ship of class • X - CancelledCategories:- World War II destroyers of France
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