Kersaint

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Vauquelin
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5.5″ guns

Large destroyer. Escaped from Mers-el-Kébir with Strasbourg. Scuttled at Toulon in 1942.

The Kersaint (Vauquelin class destroyer) in 1934-1936, ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942). Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns
4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machineguns
1 × triple, 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
2 chutes and 2 throwers for 36 depth charges
40 mines

Builder	Chantiers Navals Français, Caen Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down	19 September 1930
Launched	14 November 1931
Commissioned	20 September 1933
Displacement	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,120 t (3,070 long tons) (deep load)
Length	129.3 m (424 ft 3 in)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

14 November 1931

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Escaped

3 July 1940

With Strasbourg to Toulon

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled, 27 November 1942