Desaix 1946
Kléber 1954
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Desaix (ex-Z5 Paul Jacobi) | T04 | 899 | Deschimag, Bremen, Germany | 7/1935 | 24.3.1936 | 6/1937 // 2.1946 | stricken 2.1954 |
| Kléber (ex-Z6 Theodor Riedel) | T03, 1950- D603 | 900 | Deschimag, Bremen, Germany | 7/1935 | 22.4.1936 | 7/1937 // 2.1946 | stricken 4.1957 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2171 |
|
Displacement full, t |
3110 |
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Length, m |
Desaix: 114.4 wl 119.3 oa Kléber: 114.4 wl 121.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.3 |
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Draught, m |
4.23 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Deschimag geared steam turbines, 6 Wagner boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
70000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
38.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 715 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1825(19) |
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Armament |
Desaix: 4 x 1 - 128/45 SK C/34, 4 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M42, 2 x 1 - 37/57 FlaK M43, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT (16), 4 DCT (18), 60 mines Kléber: 5 x 1 - 128/45 SK C/34, 2 x 2 - 37/83 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT (16), 4 DCT (18), 60 mines |
| Electronic equipment | FuMO 24, FuMO 63K radars, S-Gerät, GHG sonars |
|
Complement |
315 |
Project history: Ex-German destroyers of 1934A type were taken over by reparations.
Modernizations: 1946 - 1947, Desaix: + US-made radars
1948 - 1951, Kléber: - 1 x 1 - 128/45, 2 x 2 - 37/83, 1 x 4 - 20/65, 2 x 2 - 20/65, 6 x 1 - 20/65, FuMO 24, FuMO 63K radars; + 6 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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