French destroyer Milan

	Milan at anchor
History
France
Name	Milan
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient
Launched	13 October 1931
Completed	20 April 1934
Fate	Run aground after being struck by multiple USN cruiser fire and bomb damage from USS Ranger air wing. Wreck scrapped post-war.
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	68,000 PS (50,000 kW; 67,000 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; 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft gun; 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns; 7 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (1x3, 2x2); 2 chutes, 4 throwers for 44 depth charges;

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

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