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Class overview | |
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Name | La Melpomène class |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | Mistral class |
Succeeded by | Le Fier class |
Completed | 12 |
Lost | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 610 tons standard, 834 tons full load |
Length | 80.7 m (264 ft 9 in) o.a. |
Beam | 7.96 m (26 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.07 m (10 ft 1 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
Complement | 5/8 officers, 94 men |
Armament |
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The La Melpomène class was a group of 12 French torpedo boats built from 1933 to 1935. [1] [2]
After serving with Marine Nationale, the ships of the La Melpomène class saw service in World War II with the Kriegsmarine, Marine Nationale de l´Armistice (Vichy French Navy), Regia Marina, Free French Navy, Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
Ship | Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
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La Melpomène | AC de Bretagne, Nantes | 12 November 1936 | Sold and scrapped 15.5.1950 |
La Pomone | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 6 December 1936 | see below |
La Flore | AC de Bretagne, Nantes | 17 November 1936 | Sold and scrapped 31.8.1950 |
L'Iphigénie | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 21 November 1936 | see below |
La Bayonnaise | C Maritimes du Sud Ouest, Bordeaux | 7 April 1938 | see below |
Bombarde | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 1 August 1938 | see below |
L'Incomprise | AC Seine Maritime, Le Trait | 12 March 1938 | see below |
La Poursuivante | AC de France, Dunkirk | 10 November 1937 | see below |
La Cordelière | AC Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 11 November 1937 | see below |
Branlebas | AC Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 10 March 1938 | Foundered off Eddystone on 14 December 1940 |
Baliste | AC de France, Dunkirk | 14 May 1938 | see below |
Bouclier | AC Seine Maritime, Le Trait | 6 August 1938 | see below |
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This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2013) |
Class overview | |
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Name | La Melpomène class |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | Mistral class |
Succeeded by | Le Fier class |
Completed | 12 |
Lost | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 610 tons standard, 834 tons full load |
Length | 80.7 m (264 ft 9 in) o.a. |
Beam | 7.96 m (26 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.07 m (10 ft 1 in) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
Complement | 5/8 officers, 94 men |
Armament |
|
The La Melpomène class was a group of 12 French torpedo boats built from 1933 to 1935. [1] [2]
After serving with Marine Nationale, the ships of the La Melpomène class saw service in World War II with the Kriegsmarine, Marine Nationale de l´Armistice (Vichy French Navy), Regia Marina, Free French Navy, Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
Ship | Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
La Melpomène | AC de Bretagne, Nantes | 12 November 1936 | Sold and scrapped 15.5.1950 |
La Pomone | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 6 December 1936 | see below |
La Flore | AC de Bretagne, Nantes | 17 November 1936 | Sold and scrapped 31.8.1950 |
L'Iphigénie | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 21 November 1936 | see below |
La Bayonnaise | C Maritimes du Sud Ouest, Bordeaux | 7 April 1938 | see below |
Bombarde | AC de la Loire, Nantes | 1 August 1938 | see below |
L'Incomprise | AC Seine Maritime, Le Trait | 12 March 1938 | see below |
La Poursuivante | AC de France, Dunkirk | 10 November 1937 | see below |
La Cordelière | AC Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 11 November 1937 | see below |
Branlebas | AC Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 10 March 1938 | Foundered off Eddystone on 14 December 1940 |
Baliste | AC de France, Dunkirk | 14 May 1938 | see below |
Bouclier | AC Seine Maritime, Le Trait | 6 August 1938 | see below |
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