French destroyer Gerfaut

Half-sister Milan at anchor
History
France
Name	Gerfaut
Namesake	Gerfalcon
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,140 t (3,090 long tons) (full load)
Length	128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew	10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft gun 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes, 4 throwers for 44 depth charges

The French destroyer Gerfaut was one of four Template:Sclass- (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

References

• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Jordan, John; Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Saibène, Marc (n.d.). Toulon et la Marine 1942-1944. Bourg en Bresse: Marines Editions at Realisations.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.