French destroyer Vautour

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Vautour.

Half-sister Milan at anchor
History
France
Name	Vautour
Namesake	Vulture
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne
Launched	26 August 1930
Completed	2 May 1932
Fate	Scuttled 27 November 1942 Refloated Sunk 4 February 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Aigle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,140 t (3,090 long tons) (full load)
Length	128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew	10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes, 4 throwers for 44 depth charges

The French destroyer Vautour was one of six Aigle-class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy in the interwar period.

In Vichy French service after France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, Vautour was scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans when Germany occupied Vichy France. Later refloated, she was sunk again in an Allied air raid on Toulon on 4 February 1944.

References

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• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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