French destroyer Bison

History
Bison in the early 1930s
France
Name:	Bison
Namesake:	Bison
Fate:	Sunk, 3 May 1940
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 Bison was a Guépard-class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

Notes

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.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

Guépard-class destroyers

French Navy	Guépard Valmy Verdun Bison Lion Vauban

Regia Marina	FR 21 (ex-Lion) FR 24 (ex-Valmy)

Preceded by: Chacal class Followed by: Aigle class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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