Lion 1939
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| FR21 (ex-Lion) | A C de France, Dunkerque, France | 7.1927 | 5.8.1929 | 2.1931 // 1.1943 | scuttled 9.9.1943 | ||
| FR24 (ex-Valmy) | A C de St-Nazaire-Penhoët, France | 5.1927 | 19.5.1928 | 1.1930 // --- | captured incomplete by Germany 9.9.1943 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2436 |
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Displacement full, t |
3200 |
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Length, m |
123.1 pp 130.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.8 |
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Draught, m |
4.68 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
FR21: 2 sets Zoelly geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow or Penhoët boilers FR24: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow or Penhoët boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
64000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
35.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 572 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2900(16) |
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Armament |
FR21: 5 x 1 - 139/40 M1923, 4 x 1 - 37/50 M1925, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 2 DCR (32) FR24: 5 x 1 - 139/40 M1923, 1 x 2 - 37/50 M1933, 4 x 1 - 37/50 M1925, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 1 x 3 - 550 TT, 2 DCR (32) |
| Complement | 230 |
Project history: Ex-French destroyers scuttled in Toulon 27.11.1942. Both were raised by Italians. Only FR21 was commissioned by Italian Navy. Unoperable FR24 was captured by Germans but never repaired.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: FR21 was scuttled by own crew 9.9.1943 at La Spezia to avoid capture.
FR21 1943
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