French destroyer Vautour
The French destroyer Vautour was one of six s built for the French Navy during the 1930s.
Design and description
The Aigle-class ships were designed as improved versions of the preceding s. They had an overall length of, a beam of, and a draft of. The ships displaced at standard and at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce, which would propel the ships at. During her sea trials on 29 August 1931, Vautours Parsons turbines provided and she reached for a single hour. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at. Their crew consisted of 10 officers and 198 crewmen in peacetime and 10 officers and 217 enlisted men in wartime.The main armament of the Aigle-class ships consisted of five Modèle 1927 guns in single shielded mounts, one superfiring pair fore and aft of the superstructure and the fifth gun abaft the aft funnel. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of four Modèle 1927 guns in single mounts positioned amidships. The ships carried two rotating triple mounts for torpedo tubes, one mount between the two pairs of funnels as well as another aft of the rear funnel. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern; these housed a total of sixteen depth charges, with eight more in reserve. They were also fitted with four depth-charge throwers, two on each broadside abreast the forward pair of funnels, for which the ships carried a dozen depth charges.