Verdun leaving Nantes, 1930
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Verdun |
Namesake | Battle of Verdun |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire |
Launched | 4 July 1928 |
Completed | 1 April 1930 |
Fate | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Guépard-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Installed power |
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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) |
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Verdun was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Verdun served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.