French destroyer Valmy

	Sister ship Guépard at anchor
History
France
Name	Valmy
Namesake	Battle of Valmy
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët
Launched	19 May 1928
Fate	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Guépard-class destroyer
Displacement	2,436 t (2,398 long tons) (standard); 3,220 t (3,170 long tons) (full load);
Length	130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draft	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	4 du Temple boilers; 64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp);
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 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Crew	12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns; 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 chutes; 4 throwers for 28 depth charges;

Valmy was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

After France signed an armistice with Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Valmy served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

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