French destroyer Orage

Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
Name: Orage
Namesake: Thunderstorm
Ordered: 13 March 1923
Laid down: 20 August 1923
Launched: 30 August 1924
Completed: 1 October 1926
Commissioned: 1 September 1926
In service: 19 January 1927
General characteristics
Class & type: Bourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length: 105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam: 9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew: 9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament:

Orage was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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