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The French Chacal class destroyers
were ordered under the French navel programme of 1922. There
were six ships in the class
Displacement: 2162 tons standard and
3100 tons full load. Speed: 35 Knots Compliment: 195.
Armament: Five 5.1 inch guns, Two 3 inch AA guns, and Six 21.7 inch
Torpedo Tubes,
This class was armed with the new 5.1
inch Gun which fired a 70.5 lb shell with a maximum range of 20,300
yards. But it did have a fairly slow rate of fire of between4 and 5
rounds per minute this was due to the hand worked rotating breech
mechanism. This class was a new breed of ship taken form the experiences
of the British and German Destroyer improvements built up during the first
world war. and with the ex German destroyer S113 which was given to France
after the war. This new destroyer was superior to all destroyers at the
time. and it was projected that a total of 36 destroyers would be built
over the next 14 years, but only the 6 of this design were actually built.
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| Jaguar |
17th November 1923 |
Sunk 23rd May 1940 by torpedo from German
motor torpedo boat S21 and S23 off Dunkerque |
| Lynx |
24th February 1924 |
Scuttled 27th November 1942, but raised on
21st January 1944 and scrapped |
| Tigre |
2nd August 1924 |
Captured by the Italians before she could be
scuttled and briefly called FR23. was refitted once she rejoined the French
Navy but finally Broken up 1954 |
| Chacal |
27th september 1924 |
Sunk 24th May 1940 by aerial German
Bombing off Boulogne. |
| Leopard |
29th september 1924 |
Wrecked 27th May 1943 while be stranded off
Tobruk |
| Panthere |
27th October 1924 |
taken over by the Italian navy and renamed
FR22 finally Scuttled on 9th september 1943 at la Spezia |
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Jaguar |
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