Tornade

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Bourrasque
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 5.1″ guns

Service

to 1940	Tornade	France
from 1940	Tornade Vichy France formed	Vichy France

Sortied from Oran against the Allied landings on 8 November 1942 and was wrecked by gunfire from the cruiser Aurora and beached.

The French destroyer Ouragan, 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 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns
1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns
2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
2 chutes for 16 depth charges

Builder	Dyle et Bacalan
Laid down	25 April 1923
Launched	12 March 1925
Commissioned	1 October 1927
Displacement	1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard) 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length	105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)

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

Career

Launched

12 March 1925

Joined the Vichy French Navy

10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed

Operation Reservist and the Oran landings

Wrecked

8–9 November 1942