 An unknown L'Adroit-class destroyer off Toulon, c. late 1930s
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Fougueux |
| Ordered | 3 May 1927 |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes |
| Laid down | 21 September 1927 |
| Launched | 4 August 1928 |
| Completed | 15 June 1930 |
| Fate | Sunk, 8 November 1942, during the Naval Battle of Casablanca |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | L'Adroit-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 107.2 m (351 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| 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) |
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The French destroyer Fougueux was one of 14 L'Adroit-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Completed in 1930, the ship was initially assigned to the 1st Squadron (1e Escadre) in the Mediterranean. Five years later she was transferred to the 2nd Squadron (2e Escadre) in the Atlantic. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, Fougueux was one of the ships that helped to enforce the non-intervention agreement.
When France declared war on Germany in September 1939, the ship spent most of the next year escorting convoys. She bombarded German troops in the Netherlands and provided naval gunfire support to French troops during the Battle of France in May 1940. Fougueux helped to escort an incomplete battleship away from Metropolitan France to prevent its capture by the Germans the following month. The ship took refuge in Casablanca, French Morocco before the Armistice with Germany later in June. She spent most of the next two years on escort duties between French North Africa and Metropolitan France. Fougueux was sunk during the Naval Battle of Casablanca in November 1942 as the Allies invaded French North Africa during Operation Torch.