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French destroyer GerfautFrance
NameGerfaut
NamesakeGerfalcon
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes
Launched14 June 1930
Completed30 January 1932
FateScuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeAigle-class destroyer
Displacement2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard)
Length128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power
  • 4 du Temple boilers
  • 64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime)
Armament
  • 5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns
  • 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
  • 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 chutes, 4 throwers for 44 depth charges

Gerfaut was one of six Aigle-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Gerfaut served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

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