French destroyer Fougueux

History
France
Name	Fougueux
Ordered	3 May 1927
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne Nantes
Laid down	21 September 1927
Launched	4 August 1928
Completed	15 June 1930
Fate	Sunk 8 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	L'Adroit-class destroyer
Displacement	1,380 t (1,360 long tons) (standard); 2,000 t (2,000 long tons) (full load);
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8.5 in)
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft 5.8 in)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power	31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp); 3 du Temple boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	4 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns; 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes and 2 throwers for 22 depth charges;

The French destroyer Fougueux was one of 14 L'Adroit-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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