French destroyer Lynx

	Sister ship Chacal turning
History
France
Name	Lynx
Namesake	Lynx
Ordered	26 February 1923
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid down	14 January 1924
Launched	24 February 1925
Completed	18 October 1927
In service	15 November 1927
Out of service	July 1940
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942; Scrapped, 1948;
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Chacal-class destroyer
Displacement	2,126 t (2,092 long tons) (standard); 2,980–3,075 t (2,933–3,026 long tons) (full load);
Length	126.8 m (416 ft 0.1 in)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft 5.0 in)
Draft	4.1 m (13 ft 5.4 in)
Installed power	50,000 PS (37,000 kW; 49,000 shp); 5 du Temple boilers;
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 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	12 officers, 209 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns; 2 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes; four throwers for 32 depth charges;

The French destroyer Lynx was a Chacal-class destroyer (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. The Chacals were regarded as obsolete by 1935 and Lynx became a training ship for the torpedo school at Toulon that year. She was assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic after the start of World War II in September 1939. In July 1940, the ship was present when the British attacked the French ships at Mers-el-Kébir, but managed to escape without damage. After she reached Toulon, Lynx was placed in reserve where she remained for the next two years. On 27 November 1942, she was scuttled at Toulon when the Germans attempted to capture the French ships there. Her wreck was salvaged in 1944, but she was not broken up until 1948.

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