Le Fantasque-class destroyer

	Le Fantasque Fantasque
Class overview
Name:	Le Fantasque class
Operators:	French Navy; Free French Naval Forces;
Preceded by:	Vauquelin class
Succeeded by:	Mogador class
Completed:	6
Lost:	2
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,569 long tons (2,610 t) standard; 3,200–3,400 long tons (3,300–3,500 t) full load;
Length:	132.40 m (434 ft 5 in)
Beam:	11.98 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught:	4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	4 × Penhoët boilers; 2 × Parsons or Rateau engines; Geared turbines, 2 shafts; 74,000–81,000 shp (55,000–60,000 kW);
Speed:	45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) (40 kn (74 km/h; 46 mph) nominal); 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) after refit;
Range:	1,200 km (750 mi) at 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph); 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph);
Complement:	10 officers; 210 sailors;
Armament:	5 × 138 mm (5.4 in) guns (5×1; 2 forward, 3 aft); 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns (4×1) (original); 4 × 13 mm (0.51 in) AA machine guns (original); 8 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (after refit); 10 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns (after refit); 9 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (3×3); 40 × mines (some sources state 50);

The Le Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers (also referred to as the Malin class) was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces.^[2]

The original purpose of these large French destroyers, and the earlier Chacal class, was to operate with battleship and cruiser forces, although they were not restricted to this. The Italian Navy, the Regia Marina, reacted by building the Capitani Romani-class cruisers. The class was assigned to the Force de Raid when war was declared.^[3] Those ships that later sailed with the Allies were classed as light cruisers.

Ships in the class

Le Fantasque (10, X101, X103, D610)
Le Malin (9, 8, X82, X102, X02, D612), launched 17 August 1933, scrapped February 1964
Le Terrible (12, 11, 12, X103, X101, D611), launched 30 November 1933, scrapped June 1962
L'Indomptable (15, 7, X81), launched 7 December 1933, scuttled Toulon 27 November 1942
L'Audacieux (11, 12, 11, X102), launched 15 March 1934, severely damaged at the Battle of Dakar, repaired, sunk 7 May 1943 at Bizerte by Allied bombing
Le Triomphant (8, 9, X83, H02, X104, X04, D613), launched 16 April 1934, stricken December 1954

Notes

↑ Conway p268
↑ Conway p268
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v t e Le Fantasque-class destroyers
French Navy	Le Fantasque Le Malin Le Terrible L'Indomptable L'Audacieux Le Triomphant
Kriegsmarine	SG9 (ex-L'Indomptable) ZF5 (ex-L'Audacieux)
Preceded by: Vauquelin class Followed by: Mogador class
List of destroyers of the French Navy

v t e French naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Béarn^S Joffre^X
Battleships	Courbet Bretagne Dunkerque Richelieu Alsace^X
Heavy cruisers	Duquesne Suffren Algérie^S
Light cruisers	Duguay-Trouin Jeanne d'Arc^S Émile Bertin^S La Galissonnière De Grasse^S
Large destroyers	Chacal Guépard Aigle Vauquelin *Le Fantasque* Mogador
Destroyers	Bourrasque L'Adroit Le Hardi La Melpomène
Submarines	Sirène Ariane Circé Argonaute Orion Diane Saphir Requin Redoutable Surcouf^S Minerve Aurore
Other	Bougainville (aviso) Commandant Teste^S (seaplane tender) Pluton^S (minelaying cruiser)
S Single ship of class X Cancelled

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Class overview
Le Fantasque Fantasque
Name:	Le Fantasque class
Operators:	French Navy Free French Naval Forces
Preceded by:	Vauquelin class
Succeeded by:	Mogador class
Completed:	6
Lost:	2
Retired:	4
General characteristics ^[1]
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,569 long tons (2,610 t) standard 3,200–3,400 long tons (3,300–3,500 t) full load
Length:	132.40 m (434 ft 5 in)
Beam:	11.98 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught:	4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	4 × Penhoët boilers 2 × Parsons or Rateau engines Geared turbines, 2 shafts 74,000–81,000 shp (55,000–60,000 kW)
Speed:	45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) (40 kn (74 km/h; 46 mph) nominal) 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) after refit
Range:	1,200 km (750 mi) at 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement:	10 officers 210 sailors
Armament:	5 × 138 mm (5.4 in) guns (5×1; 2 forward, 3 aft) 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns (4×1) (original) 4 × 13 mm (0.51 in) AA machine guns (original) 8 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (after refit) 10 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns (after refit) 9 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (3×3) 40 × mines (some sources state 50)