French destroyer Épée

Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
History
France
Name:	Epée
Namesake:	Épée
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Laid down:	15 October 1936
Launched:	26 October 1938
In service:	14 June 1940
Renamed:	L'Adroit, 29 March 1941
Captured:	27 November 1942
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class & type:	Le Hardi-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (standard ) 2,577 t (2,536 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	117.2 m (384 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam:	11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught:	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	58,000 PS (42,659 kW; 57,207 shp) 4 Forced-circulation boilers
Propulsion:	2 × Shafts 2 × Geared steam turbines
Speed:	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range:	3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	187 officers and enlisted men
Armament:	3 × twin 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × triple + 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 8 depth charges; 1 × chute

The French destroyer Epée was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s.

Notes

References

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