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French destroyer Simoun information


Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
French destroyer SimounFrance
NameSimoun
NamesakeSimoom
Ordered4 April 1923
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down8 August 1923
Launched3 June 1924
Completed29 April 1926
Commissioned1 January 1926
In serviceAugust 1926
FateScrapped 1950
General characteristics
Class and typeBourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power
  • 31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp)
  • 3 du Temple boilers
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 geared steam turbines
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament
  • 4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns
  • 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 chutes for 16 depth charges

Simoun was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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