Lynx

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Chacal
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5.1″ guns

Service

to 1940	Lynx	France
from 1940	Lynx Vichy France formed	Vichy France

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

The Chacal, 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, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns
2 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns
2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
2 chutes; four throwers for 32 depth charges

Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid down	14 January 1924
Launched	24 February 1925
Displacement	2,126 t (2,092 long tons) (standard) 2,980–3,075 t (2,933–3,026 long tons) (full load)
Length	126.8 m (416 ft 0.1 in)
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)

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

Career

Launched

24 February 1925

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Escaped

3 July 1940

With Strasbourg to Toulon

Joined the Vichy French Navy

10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed

Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon

Scuttled

27 November 1942