French destroyer Siroco (1925)

History
France
Name	Siroco
Namesake	Sirocco
Ordered	4 April 1923
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down	15 March 1924
Launched	3 October 1925
Completed	1 July 1927
In service	5 February 1928
Fate	Sunk, 31 May 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Bourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement	1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard); 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load);
Length	105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 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; 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes for 16 depth charges;

Siroco was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

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