The Vauquelin class was a group of six large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the early 1930s. Entering...
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produced a series of six classes of large destroyers, known in French as contre-torpilleurs, that were designed to sink opposing cruisers by catching them with...
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reparations. After the war, the term escorteur replaced that of torpilleur [fr] and contre-torpilleur [fr] traditionally used by the French Navy. However, in...
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lead ship of the French Navy's Mogador class of large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs). Named after the Moroccan town, she was built before the outbreak...
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The French destroyer Vauquelin was the lead ship of her class of six large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale)...
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French destroyer Tartu (1931) (category Vauquelin-class destroyers)
Tartu was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1933 and spent...
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The Mogador-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French Navy were laid down in 1935 and commissioned in 1939. They were extremely fast, very...
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Guépard was the lead ship of her class of destroyers (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. After France surrendered to Germany...
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French destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931) (category Vauquelin-class destroyers)
Maillé Brézé was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the 1930s. The ship entered...
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The Aigle-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) were built for the French navy during the 1920s. They were very similar to the previous Guepard class,...
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