Bourrasque-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Bourrasque
Operators	French Navy; Free French Naval Forces; Polish Navy; Royal Navy;
Preceded by	Enseigne Gabolde
Succeeded by	Adroit class
Completed	12
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,298 long tons (1,319 t) (standard); 1,968 long tons (2,000 t) (full load);
Length	106 m (347 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.64 m (31 ft 8 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	3 boilers; Geared turbines; 31,000 shp (23,117 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	2,150 nmi (3,980 km; 2,470 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	7 officers, 138 men
Armament	4 × 130 mm (5.1 in) guns ; 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns ; 4 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA guns ; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The Bourrasque class was a group of twelve French Navy destroyers (torpilleur) laid down in 1923 and in service from 1926 to 1950. Along with the heavier Chacal class, they were part of a plan to modernise the French fleet after the First World War. The Bourrasques were smaller and slower than the Chacals, but were nonetheless comparable with the British W class. The class saw varied service in the Second World War, in five different navies, on both sides. These ships were named after types of wind.

The design was used as the basis for the two Wicher-class destroyers built for the Polish Navy during the late 1920s.

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