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Mogador Class Destroyers Class Overview |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
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Length: |
451' 1" (OA) |
Engines: |
4 Rateau-Chantiers de Bretagne (a) |
Beam: |
41' 7" |
Boilers: |
6 Indret small tube |
Draft: |
15' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
2,884 (Std.) / 4,018 (Full) |
HP: |
92,000 (SHP) |
Speed: |
39 knots |
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| Complement: | 264-284 | Range: | 4,000 NM @ 18 knots / 3,000 NM @ 20 knots |
Notes |
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(a): |
Geared turbines By Parsons in Mogador. By Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne in Volta. |
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Armament (as built) |
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Number |
Type |
Arrangement
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Range / Ceiling |
8 |
138.6mm/50 M1934 |
4 twin pseudo turrets |
20,000 yards @ 30° |
4 |
37mm AA |
1 twin mount 2 single mounts |
5,900 yards @ 45° |
4 |
13.2 mm/76 Hotchkiss |
2 twin mounts |
7,850 yards @ 45° 13,780 feet |
10 |
550mm (21.7") torpedo tubes |
2 triple launchers 2 double launchers |
9,840 yards @ 39 knots 14,200 yards @ 35 knots |
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Mines |
2 internal, submerged launchers
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| Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| Volta |
Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes, France |
Nov. 26, 1936 |
Mar. 5, 1939 |
Fate: |
Scuttled Nov. 27, 1942 at Toulon, France to avoid capture by German forces. Raised May 20, 1943 by the Italians and later scrapped. |
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| Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| Mogador |
Arsenal de Lorient Lorient, France |
June 9, 1937 |
Apr. 8, 1939 |
Fate: |
Scuttled Nov. 27, 1942 at Toulon, France to avoid capture by German forces. Raised Apr. 5, 1943 by the Italians and later scrapped. |
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Class notes |
May 2, 1938 three more ships in the class were authorized, Desaix, Hoche and Kléber. |
Apr. 12, 1939: Marceau was authorized. |
Apr. 1, 1940: Six more units were authorized. |
None of the ten ships above were ever started. |
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Page published Nov. 15, 2020 |