French destroyer Le Flibustier

Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
History
France
Name: L'Flibustier
Namesake: Filibuster
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down: 11 March 1938
Launched: 19 December 1939
Renamed: Bison, 1 April 1941
Captured: 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class & type: Le Hardi-class destroyer
Displacement:
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:
Propulsion:
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:

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

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