Mogador

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Mogador
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 5.5″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Service

to 1940	Mogador	France
from 1940	Mogador Vichy France formed	Vichy France

Large destroyer (contre-torpilleur). A 15-inch shell from Hood set off her depth charges at Mers-el-Kébir and blew off her stern. Scuttled at Toulon in 1942.

The French destroyer Mogador, 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

4 × twin 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns
2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns
2 × triple, 2 × twin 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes
32 depth charges and up to 40 naval mines

Builder	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down	28 December 1934
Launched	9 June 1937
Commissioned	8 April 1939
Displacement	2,997 t (2,950 long tons) (standard)
Length	137.5 m (451 ft 1 in)
Speed	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Complement	12 officers, 226 men

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

Career

Launched

9 June 1937

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Damaged

3 July 1940

Stern blown off

Joined the Vichy French Navy

10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed

Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon

Scuttled

27 November 1942