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L'Adroit

L'Adroit

Sunk

French Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassL'Adroit
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns

Bombed off Dunkirk on 21 May 1940 and beached.

The French Adroit class destroyer Le Fortune underway off Toulon, France, in about 1930. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns
  • 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
  • 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 chutes and 2 throwers for 22 depth charges
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkerque
Laid down26 April 1925
Launched1 April 1927
Displacement1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard)
Length107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)

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

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

1 April 1927

Fate

Sunk

Sunk, 21 May 1940