French destroyer Vauban

Vauban in 1937
History
France
Name	Vauban
Namesake	Marshal of France Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de France
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Guépard-class destroyer
Displacement	2,436 t (2,398 long tons) (standard) 3,220 t (3,170 long tons) (full load)
Length	130.2 m (427 ft 2.0 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 8.8 in)
Draft	4.3 m (14 ft 1.3 in)
Installed power	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Crew	12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes; 4 throwers for 28 depth charges

The French destroyer Vauban was one of six Template:Sclass-s (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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.