French destroyer Valmy
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Valmy was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
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Name | Valmy |
Namesake | Battle of Valmy |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët |
Launched | 19 May 1928 |
Fate | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Guépard-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
Crew | 12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime) |
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After France signed an armistice with Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Valmy served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.