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FR31 destroyer (1927/1943)

Mistral 1939

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
FR31 (ex-Trombe)     F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France 3.1923 29.12.1925 10.1927 // 1.1943 returned to France 10.1943 (Trombe)

   

Displacement standard, t

1319

Displacement full, t

1900

Length, m

99.5 pp 105.8 oa

Breadth, m

9.64

Draught, m

4.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Zoelly geared steam turbines, 3 Du Temple boilers

Power, h. p.

33000

Max speed, kts

33

Fuel, t

oil 345

Endurance, nm(kts) 2300(14)

Armament

4 x 1 - 130/40 M1919, 2 x 1 - 37/50 M1925, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 3 - 550 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (32)

Complement 142

Project history: Ex-French destroyer Trombe was scuttled in Toulon 27.11.1942, later salvaged by Italians and renamed FR31.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: FR31 was returned to France when Italy surrendered.

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