French destroyer Gerfaut

Half-sister Milan at anchor
History
France
Name	Gerfaut
Namesake	Gerfalcon
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes
Launched	14 June 1930
Completed	30 January 1932
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

Gerfaut was one of six Template:Sclass-s (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Gerfaut served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

References

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